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	W.E.S. - Olive Ridley Turtle
		The Olive Ridley Turtle was listed endangered on July 28, 1978 and they are decreasing.
		Olive Ridley Turtle populations in the western Atlantic are very low and continue to decline.
		The Olive Ridley is the smallest among sea turtles.
	library.thinkquest.org /19689/data/reptiles/olive_turtle_frame.html (176 words)

	Olive Ridley Sea Turtle \| The Humane Society of the United States
		Olive ridleys get their name from the coloring of their heart-shaped carapace (shell), which starts out grey but reaches an olive green once the turtles are adults.
		Olive ridleys are different from other sea turtle species in that the number of coastal scutes varies from one habitat to another.
		Olive ridleys inhabit tropical and subtropical coastal bays and estuaries in the eastern Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic oceans.
	www.hsus.org /wildlife/a_closer_look_at_wildlife/turtles_and_tortoises/olive_ridley_sea_turtle.html (686 words)

	Olive Ridley Sea Turtle - Homeschool Info - Costa Rica Marine Animals
		Their shells are drab olive green and they are known to nest in solitary fashion on more than forty beaches on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica between the months of June and December.
		The Olive Ridley is the only species of turtle that exhibits the synchronized mass nesting phenomenon known as "Arribadas".
		The Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) nests on the Caribbean coast and the Black Turtle or "Tora" and Olive Ridley or "Lora" (Lepidochelys olivacea) nest on the Pacific coast.
	www.costarica-homeschool.com /cw/oliveridley.html (650 words)

	Olive Ridley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) is one of the smallest species of sea turtle.
		The carapace is a dark olive green in color with a yellowish underside.
		Olive Ridleys are omnivorous, feeding on crabs, shrimp, rock lobsters, sea grasses, algae, snails, and fish.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Olive_Ridley (328 words)

	Lepidochelys olivacea (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The olive ridley is the smallest species of sea turtle and generally reaches a carapace length of only 27 inches and a weight of just over 100 lbs.
		The olive ridley is widespread in tropical seas.
		Olive ridleys consume a variety of food including small shrimp, jellyfish, crabs, snails, fish, and in some populations algae is also eaten.
	home.earthlink.net /~itec5/Testudinata/Lepidochelys_olivacea.html (574 words)

	Turtles of Pakistan: Olive Ridley Turtle
		Olive Ridleys have been captured in prawn trawls at depths of 80 to 110m, so they are certainly capable of foraging at relatively great depth.
		Olive ridley nesting at Hawkes Bay and Sandspit was only recorded between the months of March and October with a marked peak between July and September.
		During the entire period of study, 42 olive ridley females were tagged and 12 tag returns recorded at the nesting beaches (7 after 1 year; 4 after 2 years and 1 after 5 years).
	www.wildlifeofpakistan.com /ReptilesofPakistan/oliveridleyturtle.htm (458 words)

	The Oceanic Resource Foundation: Underwater Photography / Marine Conservation
		The olive ridley is a small, hard-shelled marine turtle, one of the two species of the genus Lepidochelys, and a member of the family Cheloniidae.
		The olive ridley has been recorded occasionally from Galapagos waters, but it is essentially very rare throughout the islands of the Pacific, and indeed even in the western Pacific it is scarce everywhere, although widespread low-density nesting occurs.
		Because nesting in successive years is commonplace for olive ridleys, and may well be the norm for the species, the erratic nesting population trend lines often shown by loggerhead or green turtle populations, that very rarely nest in successive years, are not shown by olive ridley populations.
	www.orf.org /turtles_oliveridley.htm (1870 words)

	Olive Ridley
		Olive Ridley are sometimes seen feeding on jellyfish in surface waters.
		The Olive Ridley is found in the tropical waters of the northern Indian Ocean, the eastern Pacific Ocean, and in the eastern Atlantic along the coast of Africa.
		The olive Ridley inhabits tropical and subtropical coastal bays and estuaries.
	www.2fla.com /oliveridley.htm (420 words)

	Turtles hit by tsunami
		The green, hawksbill, olive ridley and leatherback turtles, which are found in tropical waters, live 5m from shore, making them vulnerable to waves that dumped dolphins and other sea creatures more than a kilometre inland.
		In the tsunami-affected region, the olive ridley breed only on the Andaman Sea coast and nearly became extinct in Thailand, because their eggs were smuggled for food.
		The olive ridley is found in the tropical waters of the northern Indian Ocean, the eastern Pacific and in the eastern Atlantic along the coast of Africa.
	www.news24.com /News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_1644763,00.html (410 words)

	Marine Turtles - Olive Ridley
		Olive ridleys occur in shallow, protected waters, especially in soft-bottomed habitats.
		Olive ridleys nest all year round, although most nesting occurs during the dry season from April to November.
		The olive ridley turtle is carnivorous, feeding mostly on shellfish and small crabs.
	www.deh.gov.au /coasts/species/turtles/oliveridley.html (159 words)

	Endangered Species » Reptiles » Olive-Ridley Turtle (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In 1988, a specimen was caught by a freshmen in Navotas, Malabon and was later releasesd by the PCP in Batangas.
		On August 1990, a juvenile olive ridley was caprtured in Carigara Bay, Capoocan, leyte.
		The olive ridleys, is a facultative, which for long periods is capable of eating a single kind of food.
	www.ac.wwu.edu /~fasawwu/resources/endangered/olive-ridley-turtle.htm (391 words)

	Maryland's Wildlife Species - Olive Ridley Sea Turtle - Natural Heritage Program - Wildlife and Heritage Service
		The olive ridley sea turtle is similar to the kemp's ridley, but it has a thinner shell, and a smaller, more lightly built skull.
		The upper shell is generally higher than the kemp's ridley and has a greater variation in the number of scutes.
		As adults, Kemp's and olive ridleys are the smallest of the sea turtles.
	www.dnr.state.md.us /wildlife/olive.asp (156 words)

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		In India, olive ridley populations are being depleted primarily by illegal harvest of eggs and turtles for food and by human colonization of many nesting beaches.
		As adults, the olive ridleys are the smallest of the sea turtles.
		The local and commercial harvest of olive ridley populations for meat, leather, and eggs is the primary cause of depletion.
	fwie.fw.vt.edu /WWW/macsis/lists/M030001.htm (4896 words)

	The Peninsula On-line: Qatar's leading English Daily
		Bhubaneswar: The endangered Olive Ridley turtles are battling for survival with at least 5,000 washed ashore dead in Orissa beaches over the last three months and their eggs sold at Chennai shores as a delicacy.
		Olive Ridley, named for the olive colour of its heart-shaped shells, is the smallest of sea turtles, weighing 50 kg each and measuring about 60-70 centimetres.
		The good news is that the Olive Ridley turtles are back for nesting on the Chennai shores while the bad news is that their eggs are being sold for a quick buck.
	www.thepeninsulaqatar.com /Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=India&month=February2005&file=World_News2005021024139.xml (208 words)

	Lepidochelys olivacea, Olive Ridley Sea Turtle at MarineBio.org
		The Olive Ridley sea turtle, Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829), is a small, hard-shelled marine turtle, one of the two species of the genus Lepidochelys, and a member of the Family Cheloniidae.
		Female Olive Ridleys found in Surinam range in carapace length from 62-74 cm; in Pacific Honduras from 58-74 cm; and in Pacific Mexico from 56-78 cm.
		Declines in Olive Ridley populations have been observed attributed to commercial harvesting of adult turtles and eggs, incidental capture by commercial fisheries, particularly trawl fisheries, and coastal development resulting in a loss of nesting habitat.
	www.marinebio.com /species.asp?id=318 (1861 words)

	sea.html (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Olive Ridley was formerly known as the pacific Ridley, until it became generally recognized that the species also occurred in tropical parts of the Atlantic Ocean as well as the Indian Ocean.
		The Olive Ridley has been found occasionally from Galapagos waters, but is very rare throughout the islands of the Pacific, and indeed even in the western Pacific it is scarce everywhere, although, widespread low-density nesting occurs.
		The status of the Olive Ridley in the western Atlantic is unambiguous.
	www.orecity.k12.or.us /ochs/departments/science/species/olive_ridley_sea_turtle.html (1168 words)

	Olive Ridley turtle tracking -- WWF-Australia
		In partnership with the Tiwi Land Council we tracked the movements of five olive ridley turtles from their nesting beach to unknown feeding grounds throughout the Arafura Sea (and beyond).
		The olive ridley nesting beach is approximately 25 km north of Melville Island's Garden Point.
		The olive ridley tracking project is conducted in partnership with the Tiwi Land Council and their Marine Ranger Program.
	www.wwf.org.au /About_WWF_Australia/How_we_work/In_the_field/North/Tracking/about_oliveridley.php (430 words)

	Olive Ridley sea turtle Fact Sheet
		DESCRIPTION: The olive ridley was named for the olive color of its heart-shaped shell and is one of the smallest of the sea turtles, with adults reaching 2 to 2½ feet in length and weighing 80 to 110 pounds.
		The olive ridley is widely regarded as the most abundant sea turtle in the world because of the continued existence of several large arribadas.
		Olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) and its nesting habitats along the Orissa Coast, India.
	northflorida.fws.gov /SeaTurtles/Turtle%20Factsheets/olive-ridley-sea-turtle.htm (932 words)

	Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Most olive ridleys participate in arribada nesting events, although this strategy does not appear to maximize reproductive efficiency (Pritchard and Plotkin 1995).
		When they are ready to mate, olive ridleys swim hundreds, even thousands of miles back to the waters near the very same beach that they were born on.
		Olive ridleys occupy ecologically and spatially distinct habitats at different life history stages (Meylan and Meylan 1999).
	students.washington.edu /parlama/OliveRidleys.shtml (496 words)

	Species Profiles — OBIS-SEAMAP
		The olive ridley sea turtle is the smallest of the sea turtles.
		Olive ridley sea turtles are coastal, but may migrate thousands of kilometers in order to exploit different feeding grounds and reach nesting sites.
		In the U.S., the olive ridley is classified as threatened, with the exception of the Mexican population, which is endangered.
	seamap.env.duke.edu /species/tsn/173840 (737 words)

	Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Conservation in Puerto Vallarta Mexico (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Olive Ridley Turtle [Lepidochelys Olivacea] is the most common of all the sea turtles encountered in Puerto Vallarta and around Banderas Bay.
		Named for the olive color of its heart-shaped shell, the Olive Ridley is one of the smallest of the sea turtles, with adults reaching 2 to 2½ feet in length and weighing 80 to 110 pounds.
		The Olive Ridley is most noted for its massive nesting aggregations, known as arribadas or arribazones, with literally thousands of females nesting in large simultaneous waves over small stretches of beach.
	www.vallarta-adventures.com /turtle-camp/fact.html (909 words)

	taylorgtenoliveridleyseaturtle (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Olive Ridley makes a weird movement by rocking from side to side so the edge of her shell thumps the sand to fill up the hole.
		Ridleys are in danger because of human and animals.
		Olive Ridleys have been captured by prawn trawlers at depths of 80 to 110m.
	www.k12.hi.us /~shafter/gtanimalrep9899/taylorgtenoliveridleyseatu.htm (322 words)

	WWF - Olive Ridley Turtle (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Named after H.N. Ridley FRS who first reported the sighting of Olive Ridleys in Brazil in 1887 and their overall olive green colour, Olive Ridleys are the smallest of the marine turtle species in the world.
		Olive Ridleys nest sporadically along the coastline of India.
		In Maharashtra Olive Ridleys have been reported nesting near Gorai, Kihim, Manowrie, Versova and the beach between Ambolgad and Vetye in the Ratnagiri district.
	www.wwfindia.org /about_wwf/what_we_do/oceans_coasts/our_work/turtle_conservation/olive_ridley.cfm (349 words)

	Olive Ridley Turtles Conservation (Site not responding. Last check: )
		All Olive Ridley Turtle species are included in Appendix 1 of Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species, (CITES) and all species are classified by the IUCN as endangered species or vulnerable.
		The main species of Olive Ridley Turtles that occur in the Gulf of Mannar, are namely, the Green turtle, the Olive Ridley and the Loggerhead Turtle.
		The Olive Ridley Turtle conservation plan document being submitted for funding is expected to be supplemented by the funding support from GEF, in addition to the support being provided by the central and state/UT governments under various schemes.
	www.undp.org.in /programme/Environment/turtles/turtles.htm (2235 words)

	Olive Ridley
		When the endangered Olive Ridley turtles return to Orissa's coast for their annual synchronised mating and nesting, they will find large drilling rigs for gas...
		The Orissa coast is one of the largest nesting grounds of Olive Ridleys, the other two being Costa Rica and Mexico.
		Besides, the future of entire marine habitats and species including the olive ridley sea turtles, who visited the Gahirmatha beach in Bhitarkanika, would be at...
	conservation.mongabay.com /Olive_Ridley.htm (563 words)

	An ode to the Olive Ridley
		He finds that the future of the mass nesting of Olive Ridleys on the Orissa coast may be doubtful, though their numbers belie such an eventuality now.
		The film, which is about Gahirmatha's distinction as one of the largest breeding grounds for Olive Ridleys in the world, quickly narrows down to the factors that threaten the future of these peaceful creatures - such as the predatory tactics of commercial interests that destroy Indian wildlife.
		But the single image that epitomizes the plight of the turtles is that of a dead Ridley on the beach with two fishing trawlers in the background.
	www.frontlineonnet.com /fl2010/stories/20030523001208400.htm (947 words)

	Kemp's Ridley Turtles
		Kemp's ridley and its cousin, the olive ridley, are the smallest known sea turtles.
		It is not clear that Kemp's ridleys have ever been hunted for their meat, although heavy exploitation of marine turtles around the turn of the century might well have included the Kemp's.
		Kemp's ridley are also vulnerable to the pollution threats common to all marine turtles, as described in Threats to Marine Turtles.
	www.turtles.org /ridleyd.htm (1228 words)

	UNEP-WCMC - Olive Ridley Turtle
		Olive Ridleys have been captured in prawn trawls at depths of 80 to 110m, so they are certainly capable of foraging at relatively great depth.
		The Olive Ridley is the most economically important sea turtle in Mexico, and is the primary target for both legal and illegal fisheries due to the large aggregations found in the breeding season.
		It has been suggested that all populations of Olive Ridleys away from the major centres (cited as India-Sri Lanka, East Pacific, equatorial South Atlantic) may not be self-sustaining in the long term.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /species/data/species_sheets/oliverid.htm (806 words)

	Olive Ridley Sea Turtle
		According to Gotch (1988) this ridley was named after H.N Ridley FRS, who was on the island of Fernando de Noronha, and in Brazil in 1887.
		The olive ridley has from 5 to 9 costals and 7 vertebral scutes.
		Despite Mexican initiatives to protect the olive ridley, this same population is still exploited in the fl market in Mexico and harvested as it feeds along the Pacific coasts of Nicaragua and Ecuador.
	www.seaturtleinc.com /turtles/olive.html (477 words)

	Marine Turtles in Suriname (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The olive ridley population nesting at Galibi is the largest one in the Western Atlantic region.
		It was shown that the condition of the olive ridley population had not improved.
		In fact, the number of nesting olive ridleys was the lowest ever recorded and it was concluded that the olive ridley is still under the serious threat of becoming extinct.
	www.biotopic.demon.nl /suriname/suriname.htm (369 words)

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