Inside the secret lives of olive ridley turtles

Tagging helps wildlife experts get previously unknown glimpses of their behaviour; they find that the turtles nest up to three times in one season, leaving 70-80 eggs in different places

Satellite tagging of the olive ridley turtles is helping unveil the secret lives of turtles, especially nesting behaviour. Savani, a turtle which was tagged at Anjarle in January, has nested at Kelshi on Friday where she laid 76 eggs. She had laid around 87 eggs at Anjarle a few days ago. A Total of five olive ridley sea turtles, including Savani, have been tagged on the Western Coast of India so far.

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