Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Nesting Information

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Olive Ridley \| Breeding and Nesting \| The Arribada
"Arribada" is Spanish and means "arrival by sea". It is one of the most remarkable phenomena in the world when Olive Ridley sea turtles arrive to their nesting areas. Large groups of turtles gather off the coast to the beaches where they will lay their eggs. Suddenly, a huge number of turtles come to land to build their nests in what is known as a "Arribada". During a Arribada up to thousands of Olive Ridley sea turtles come ashore to lay their eggs.
	On many beaches where Olive Ridley sea turtle lay eggs, there is a tremendous amount of nests. It is so great that there is a danger in earlier nests is dug up when a female Olive Ridley turtle dig a nest for its own eggs.
Although most female Olive Ridley lay their eggs in an *Arribada*, not all adult Olive Ridley turtles do this, some actually lay eggs alone. Olive Ridley sea turtle typically lay eggs 1 to 3 times per season and produced around 100 to 110 eggs each time. The eggs are about the size of golf balls and weigh less than 30 g. When the last egg is laid, the turtle covers the eggs with sand and finally press the sand with her plastron. When the nest is covered she flings around more sand with her flippers to erase any signs of the nest.


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