Olive Ridley Sea Turtles Laying Eggs || Mass Nesting Arribada

The #OliveRidley sea #turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), also known as the Pacific ridley sea turtle, are smallest and most abundant of all sea turtles found in the world, species of sea turtle found in warm and tropical waters, primarily in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

These turtles are best known for their unique mass nesting called #Arribada, where thousands of females come together on the same beach to create nests and lay eggs

Growing to about 2 feet in length, and 50 kg in weight, the Olive ridley gets its name from its olive-coloured carapace, which is heart-shaped and rounded.

Female turtles return to the very same beach from where they first hatched, to lay their eggs. During this phenomenal nesting, up to 600,000 and more females emerge from the waters, over a period of five to seven days, to lay eggs. They lay their eggs in conical nests about one and a half feet deep which they laboriously dig with their hind flippers. The coast of Orissa in India is the largest mass nesting site for the Olive-ridley, followed by the coasts of Mexico and Costa Rica. After about 45-65 days, the eggs begin to hatch, and these beaches are swamped with crawling Olive-ridley turtle babies, making their first trek towards the vast ocean.

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