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Lakhs of Olive Ridley Turtles Arrive at Odisha Coast For Mass Nesting, Netizens Are Delighted | Watch

IFS official Susanta Nanda shared a video on Twitter that showed the endangered species of sea turtles arriving on the eastern state's coast.

Updated: March 28, 2022 5:42 PM IST

By Trending Desk | Edited by Ritu Singh

Lakhs of Olive Ridley Turtles Arrive at Odisha Coast For Mass Nesting
Lakhs of Olive Ridley Turtles Arrive at Odisha Coast For Mass Nesting

Viral Video: It’s that time of the year when lakhs of Olive Ridley turtles reach the coast of Odisha for mass nesting. According to a IFS official’s tweet, over 2.45 lakh turtles arrived at Gahirmatha and Rushikulya rookeries to lay their eggs in the sand. IFS official Susanta Nanda shared a video on Twitter that showed the endangered species of sea turtles arriving on the eastern state’s coast. In the tweet, he also mentioned that mass nesting is called arribada.

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“Although 2022 arribada is the most delayed mass nesting recorded in Gahirmatha, the staff have estimated around 2.45 lakh Olive Ridleys in Nasi-2 last night which is one of the highest count for the first day,” Susanta Nanda explained.

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Sharing the video, he wrote, ”Happy to inform that one of the most spectacular natural event-the arribada- has started at Gahiramatha coast of Kendrapada district, Odisha. Annual mass nesting of lakhs of female Olive Ridleys is breathtaking. Staff are all geared up to give them the best possible protection.

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He shared another video of the Olive Ridleys and wrote, ”Wonders of nature… The beach taken over by 2.45 lakh visiting mothers in their annual sojourn. Staff extending Z++ protection to the foreign guests.”

Nanda also shared some pictures with a caption that read, ”Odisha is witnessing a rare phenomenon of mass nesting at both, Gahiramatha & Rushikulya rookery simultaneously. Mass nesting also started at Rushikulya from 4.00 am today. Yesterday it had started at Gahirmatha.”

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The videos and pictures have delighted the internet. A Twitter user wrote, “Shows that the sea is still a bit healthy for them to have survived the year and come back that pollution and any skewed prey-predator ratio is not destroying their numbers is a good sign too.”

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Gahirmatha beach is considered the world’s largest nesting ground for endangered species.

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