Large Number Of Baby Olive Ridley Turtles Released Into The Sea In Tamil Nadu's Rameswaram

A large number of baby turtles were released into the sea in Tamil Nadu's Rameswaram on Friday. They were released by the forest department officials and anti-poaching guards.

ANI

The Forest department officials released the season¡¯s first batch of 131 Olive Ridley hatchlings into the sea near MR Chathiram on Friday. These eggs were part of the first batch of 135 eggs collected on January 11.

Rameswaram: Baby turtles were released into the sea by Forest Department officials and anti-poaching guards yesterday. #TamilNadu pic.twitter.com/VismKe78AX

¡ª ANI (@ANI) March 5, 2021

Netizens hail officials' "god job"

The sight of the turtles chirping and going into the sea amazed people. Many took to Twitter to praise the officials as the video circulated on the social media platform. Here's a video.

Great, good job, Hats off sir???????????

¡ª Sunil Sharma (@SunilSh66877552) March 6, 2021

Great job?

¡ª @k@sh Gupta (@616akashGupta) March 6, 2021

Love u babies

¡ª ------------------------------------------------- (@Namrata59511238) March 5, 2021

Why do turtles come ashore?

Although turtles are aquatic reptiles, they cannot breathe underwater in the same way fish can. Instead, turtles need to surface in order to take in oxygen while swimming. However, sea turtles eggs must incubate in moist sand. For this reason, every year, some beaches around the tropical and temperate world are visited, mostly at night, by adult females who come ashore to dig a nest chamber and there, deposit their eggs.

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Annual occurrence

Sea turtles eggs must incubate in moist sand. For this reason, every year, some beaches around the tropical and temperate world are visited, mostly at night, by adult females who come ashore to dig a nest chamber and there, deposit their eggs.

Last year on 8th March 2020, the forest department officials released as many as 245 baby turtles into the sea. The turtles were hatched out of the 259 eggs collected on January 18.

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The turtle chicks were dumped into the sea by te forest department officials and huntin guards. During the period from December to April, the turtles lay their eggs and this year around 4,000 eggs were laid and at least 259 were collected by the officials.