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Conservationists at the site of the second nest of Olive Ridley Sea Turtles discovered at Kodi beach in Kundapur of Udupi district on Sunday. UDUPI: It was a double delight for marine conservationists when fisherman Babu Mogaveera stumbled on to the second nest of Olive Ridley sea turtles in a span of 48-hours. The sighting of a second nest on Kodi beach on Sunday, 50-metres South of where the first nest was spotted gave the conservationists a cause for cheer. Officials from the forest department have initiated conservation measures for the second nest for these endangered species. Even this nest like the one spotted on Friday has around 100 eggs, volunteers from FSL India, an international voluntary organisation working towards turtle conservation, said. The volunteers will monitor the eggs for 52-days and ensure they hatch safely. Main threat for the eggs is stray dogs that dig up the nest on smelling the odour. This activity of dogs sniffing around is also a tell- ....
UDUPI: FSL India, international voluntary organisation working towards turtle conservation in association with department of forest and local fishermen community have initiated the task of conserving around 100 eggs of Olive Ridley sea turtles at Kodi beach, some 35-kms from here. Fishermen Babu Mogaveera and Ganapathi Kharvi who spotted the eggs near the Kodi lighthouse on Friday informed the department and FSL India members. Venkatesh Moodkeri, senior programme manager, FSL India told TOI that Kodi in addition to Maravanthe and Navunda are the regular spots along the coast where these sea turtles come to lay their eggs. This has been a constant phenomenon for the past decade except for last year when we did not find any, he said. Sightings of egg nests are gradually on the wane, he said adding sea turtles normally lay eggs after the monsoon high tide. ....