Published on: April 2, 2022
ARRIBADA
ARRIBADA
NEWS
Record nesting of Olive Ridley turtles noticed in Rishikulya
DETAILS
Olive ridley turtles
- Smallest and most abundant of all sea turtles found in the world
- Get their name from their olive colored carapace
- Coast of Odisha in India is their largest mass nesting site
- Carnivores
- Found in warm waters of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans.
- Migrate thousands of kilometers between feeding and mating grounds in the course of a year.
- Best known for their unique mass nesting called ARRIBADA, where thousands of females come together on the same beach to lay eggs. They lay their eggs over a period of five to seven days in conical nests about one and a half feet deep which they dig with their hind flippers.
- Protection Status:
- IUCN Red List: Vulnerable
- CITES: Appendix I
- Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972: Schedule I