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Shrunken habitat behind diminishing Olive Ridley population

Odisha coast is the largest mass-nesting ground in the world for the critically endangered Olive Ridley turtles. This year, the Arribada, as it is popularly known, saw the largest number of arrivals. According to the forest officials monitoring the turtle “landings”, over six lakh of them arrived by the fourth week of February on Gahirmatha Bhitarkanika and Rushikulya beaches… Source

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