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Berhampur: The annual mass nesting of Olive Ridley turtles near the Rushikulya river mouth in Ganjam district has been delayed by over a month compare.

Kendrapada: Four female Olive Ridley sea turtles, tagged in 2021 at the Gahirmatha beach in Kendrapada district, returned to Nasi-2 island, within the.

Kendrapada: The long-awaited mass nesting of Olive Ridley Sea turtles started in Kendrapada district’s Gahirmatha marine sanctuary, the world’s larges.

This time all the previous records in the rookery broke in the nesting. While last year 5,50,317 turtles had laid eggs, in 2018 over 4.82 lakh laid eggs.

Olive Ridley mass nesting likely on Odishas Gahirmatha Beach within fortnight Updated: Updated: Gahirmatha is acclaimed as the worlds largest nesting ground of the reptiles. Share Article Gahirmatha is acclaimed as the worlds largest nesting ground of the reptiles. Despite the erosion of Gahirmatha Beach in Odishas Kendrapara district, wildlife officials are optimistic about the convergence of lakhs of Olive Ridley turtles on the nesting ground for mass nesting any time within a fortnight. Notw...