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Other animals
Olive ridley sea turtle
Olive ridley sea turtle · Lepidochelys olivacea
Watch olive ridley sea turtles as they come to tropical beaches at night in groups to begin the life of the sea anew.
Fact file
- Size
- Up to 70 centimetres shell length, weight 35 to 50 kilograms
- Males and females
- Males have longer tails, otherwise hardly any external differences
- Sounds
- Extremely silent, only slight sounds when burying the eggs in the sand
- Diet
- Eats crustaceans, jellyfish, snails, but also plant food
- Offspring
- Females lay several clutches per season, each with up to 100 eggs
How to identify Olive ridley sea turtle
Olive ridley sea turtles have a smooth, olive-green shell that is almost round at the front and slightly pointed at the back. Their plastron is relatively flat, which makes them particularly streamlined in the water.
Adult olive ridley sea turtles reach a shell length of up to 70 centimetres and often weigh between 35 and 50 kilograms. The head is fairly small and the limbs end in typical paddles, ideal for life in the open sea.
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