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Mass mortality of Olive Ridley turtles
February 1 , 2023
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- Hundreds of vulnerable Olive Ridley Turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) have washed ashore along the coastline.
- The breeding grounds - Sakhinetipalli, Malikipuram, Mamidikuduru and Allavaram - have been witnessing the mass mortality of the turtles.
- The Olive Ridley Turtles are also known as the Pacific Ridley Turtles.
- The IUCN categorizes these turtles as “Vulnerable”.
- They are found in the Indian Ocean, Atlantic, and Pacific Oceans.
- In India, the turtles’ nest is in the Gahirmatha beach in Odisha.
- The beach is one of the largest nesting sites of the Olive Ridley Turtles in the world.
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