Tag: Turtles
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Lakhs of baby turtles buried alive as squall hits Gahirmatha
The large-scale deaths of hatchlings is a setback for the turtle conservation programme as one out of a 1,000 survives to grow into an adult turtle
May 1, 2018 -
Olive Ridley turtles return to Mumbai’s Versova beach after 20 years
In a good news to keep you smiling all day long, the Olive Ridley turtles seem to have found one beach clean enough to nest, with around 80 hatchlings making their way to the Arabian Sea on Thursday. A group of volunteers engaged in a clean-up of the Versova beach stumbled upon the sight of …
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March 23, 2018 -
Turtles invade beach for mass nesting
Olive Ridley sea turtles have appeared on the tranquil nesting grounds of Gahirmatha, regarded as World’s largest rookery of these species, for mass nesting. Nearly one lakh female turtles have so far turned up at the beach since past 24 hours. The marine animals virtually invaded the beach and dug out nests to laid eggs. …
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March 10, 2018 -
Eating soft shelled turtles may spread cholera
Seafood lovers, take note! Consuming soft shelled turtles may spread cholera – a life- threatening diarrhoeal disease, a new Chinese study warns. A pathogen called Vibrio cholerae can colonise the surfaces, as well as the intestines of soft shelled turtles, researchers said. Researchers from Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention inserted the genes producing …
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June 11, 2017 -
Mahanadi barrages to hit wild animals
With the Odisha government apprehensive of slowing down of the water flow in the Mahanadi river system due to construction of projects on the upstream by Chhattisgarh government, environmentalists have expressed concern over its possible impact on the eco-system. The concerns were expressed by Citizen Action Forum and Foundation Ecological Security when they met Chief …
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September 15, 2016