Endangered olive ridley sea turtles arrive at Gahiramatha marine sanctuary

Endangered olive ridley sea turtles have started to arrive at Gahiramatha marine sanctuary - it is their annual mating season. The Gahirmatha beach is believed be the world's largest-known nesting ground of these animals.
Apart from Gahirmatha, they turn up at Rushikulya river mouth and Devi river mouth for mass nesting.
This has been reported in telegrahindia.com dated 9 December 2016.

Turtle surveying teams have spotted hundreds of mating pairs along the Gahirmatha coast. There is a fishing prohibition in place in Gahirmatha zone to ensure disturbance-free mating of the animals. After the end of the mating season, most of the males will return leaving behind the female turtles to lay their eggs.
The females usually come to the nesting beaches in the dead of the night to lay eggs after which they also return to the sea.
Hatchlings emerge from these eggs after 45-60 days.


Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org

Make in Odisha conclave attracts investment of more than Rs 22000 crore on first day

Guwahati airport could become a major airline hub and gateway to the Southeast Asia

Patna zoo adds Chyawanprash to its menu to protect chimpanzees from cold


Lord Shiva cracks jokes and Durga fries samosas (satire)

Moody hates black money and strikes at midnight (satire)

Didi sharpens her weapons to conquer the Hindi belt (satire)


Ohio student stabs people with a butcher knife before being shot dead

Ukraine plans missile tests, Russia responds by sending warships to the Black Sea

London Police deputes anti-terrorism patrol units under Operation Servator


Sir Roger Moore says he could play James Bond once again

President Putin grants Russian citizenship to Hollywood star Steven Seagal

US President Barack Obama presents Medal of Freedom to Tom Hanks, Bruce Springsteen, Robert De Niro, Diana Ross and Bill Gates