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Olive Ridley turtles in Rushikulya mouth
February 1 , 2025
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- The Olive Ridley turtles had skipped the River Rushikulya mouth in Odisha’s Ganjam district in 2024 for the mass nesting.
- Rushikulya river mouth is one of the major rookeries in the country, where millions of female Olives Ridley turtles’ throng for mass nesting (arribada in Spanish).
- The other sites in Odisha, where mass nesting of the Olive Ridleys take place are Gahirmatha and Deve river mouth in Kendrapara and Puri districts, respectively.
- The mass nesting in the river mouth was missed in 2002, 2007, 2016, 2019, 2021 and 2024.
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