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Olive Ridley turtles lay eggs in Odisha

Olive Ridley turtles lay over 25,000 eggs in Odisha

They also provided protection to the eggs in absence of their mother turtles. After laying eggs, the female turtles go back to the deep sea without waiting to see the hatchlings, which generally emerge around 45 days of the nesting. "We have made fencing in around 5-km long area," the DFO said.