‘The life began…’: Olive Ridley turtle hatchlings crawl to ocean in Odisha, stunning video goes viral

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The life began and so as the journey !!

These newly hatched Olive Ridley Turtle in Ruskilulya have started taking the journey over ocean. They will come back again for mass nesting, the same place where there were hatched. The cycle of life keeps continuing. VC – DFO Behrampur. pic.twitter.com/Cl1CpyE9TX

— Parveen Kaswan, IFS (@ParveenKaswan) April 12, 2025

According to PTI, the mass hatching in the rookery started on Thursday. “The mass hatching has started on time and it is likely to continue for the next four to five days. We are trying our best to ensure the safety of the baby turtles,” Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF) and in-charge of Khallikote Forest Range, Dibya Shankar Behera, said.

“We have fenced the entire area to prevent the entry of predators such as wild dogs, jackals and hyenas, among others,” the ACF added, as reported by PTI.

Olive Ridley turtles arrived at the Rushikulya River mouth in Odisha’s Ganjam district in large numbers for their annual mass nesting in February. According to the Odisha Forest Department, sea turtles laid nearly six lakh eggs at the Rushikulya and Devi river mouths.

The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) states that Olive Ridley turtles are found in the tropical waters of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans. In the Pacific, they are commonly found along the beaches stretching from Mexico to Colombia, while in the Indian Ocean, they are most abundant along the eastern coasts of India and Sri Lanka.