{"id":20467,"date":"2025-03-01T03:17:51","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T21:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=20467"},"modified":"2025-04-06T01:31:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T20:01:13","slug":"olive-ridley-turtles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/olive-ridley-turtles\/","title":{"rendered":"Olive Ridley Turtles"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Olive Ridley Turtle Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>A 16-year-long assessment of trends in turtle populations in India says the numbers of the Olive Ridley species suggest a \u201csteady or growing\u201d population.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>About Olive Ridley Turtle<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>They are the smallest and most abundant of all <strong>sea turtles found in the world.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It gets its name from the olive green <strong>colouration of its carapace<\/strong> (shell).\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It is best known for <strong>its unique mass nesting, called Arribada<\/strong>, where thousands of females come together on the same beach to lay eggs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Distribution of Olive Ridley Turtle<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>They are mainly found in the warm waters of the <strong>Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Odisha\u2019s Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary<\/strong> is known as the world\u2019s largest rookery (a colony of breeding animals) of sea turtles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Features of Olive Ridley Turtle<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>They are <strong>omnivorous,<\/strong> meaning they feed on both plants and animals.<\/li>\n<li>They are solitary, <strong>preferring the open ocean.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>These turtles spend their entire lives in the ocean, and migrate thousands of kilometers between feeding and mating grounds in the course of a year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Conservation Status of Olive Ridley Turtle<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>IUCN Red List:<\/strong> Vulnerable<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wildlife Protection Act, 1972<\/strong>: Schedule 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>CITES:<\/strong> Appendix I<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Olive Ridley Turtle FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1:<\/strong> What is the special fact of Olive Ridley&#8217;s turtle?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong> The olive ridley gets its name from the olive green color of its heart-shaped shell. The species is among the smallest of the world&#8217;s sea turtles<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2:<\/strong> Which national park is famous for olive ridley turtles?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong> Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3:<\/strong> Which river is famous for olive ridley turtles?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong> Rushikulya river mouth<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/energy-and-environment\/olive-ridley-turtle-population-growing-steadily-report\/article69270985.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olive Ridley Turtle gets its name from the olive green colouration of its carapace (shell)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":20468,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-20467","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}