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    Record 6.82 Lakh Olive Ridley Turtles Visit Odisha’s Rushikulya River Mouth for Mass Nesting

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    Record 6.82 Lakh Olive Ridley Turtles Visit Odisha’s Rushikulya River Mouth for Mass Nesting

    Favourable climatic conditions are one of the reasons for a record number of Olive Ridley turtles visiting the beach for mass nesting, experts said.

    Rushikulya river mouth in Odisha’s Ganjam district has emerged as a major rookery for the endangered olive ridley turtles with over 6.82 lakh such marine species assembling for mass nesting, officials said on Sunday.

    The mass nesting of the turtles in the Rushikulya river mouth commenced on February 16.

    “Over 6.82 lakh Olive Ridley turtles have laid eggs on the beach so far, surpassing the previous record of the arrival of 6.37 lakh marine species in 2023,” Berhampur divisional forest officer (DFO) Sunny Khokkar was quoted by news agency PTI as saying.

    A total of 6,37,008 turtles had laid eggs in eight days of mass nesting from February 23 to March 2, in 2023. In comparison, 5.50 lakh turtles laid eggs in 2022, sources said.

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    As the mass nesting of the Olive Ridley is yet to be completed, the number might increase, the DFO said.

    Favourable climatic conditions are one of the reasons for a record number of Olive Ridley turtles visiting the beach for mass nesting, experts said.

    “The better climatic condition this year has helped more turtles lay eggs in the Rushikulya river mouth, which is emerging as a major rookery for the turtles,” Wildlife Institute of India (WII) Dehradun senior scientist Bivas Pandav said.

    Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) senior scientist Basudev Tripathy predicts a good number of hatchlings likely to emerge as the mass nesting has taken place in time in the rookery.

    ZSI scientists have recaptured over 330 Olive Ridley turtles so far as these turtles were GPS–tagged in the 2021-23 period, said Anil Mohapatra, another senior scientist of the surveyor.

    Dibya Shankar Behera, range officer, Khallikote said the government has put fencing in the new areas as the turtles nested from New Podampeta to Prayagi-around 9-km stretch this time. The fencing is made to protect the eggs from predators.

    This piece has been sourced from Odishabytes.com

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