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Why Olive Ridley Turtles are considered as endangered species?
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Olive Ridley turtles are listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List; and Endangered under both Australia's Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and Queensland's Nature Conservation Act 1992. The major threats to sea turtles include: # Harvesting of Olive Ridley Turtles & its eggs # Degradation, transformation and destruction of natural conditions at nesting beaches from coastal developments # Sea Fishing Activities and trawlers; Incidental captures in fishing gear, longlines, gill nets, purse seines, hook and line # Loss or modification of the nesting beaches due to Casuarina plantation: # Development of fishing bases at the potential nesting sites and breeding areas; # Strong artificial illumination around nesting beaches which greatly disorients the adult turtles as well as the hatchlings; # Nests and eggs are destroyed by predators like dogs, jackals, hyenas, etc., and by beach erosion.
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Is sea turtls in-dangered animals?
Yes. All species of sea turtles are listed as endangered or protected. The leatherback, Kemp's Ridley, and hawksbill are critically endangered.
What turtles have heart shaped shells?
The Olive Ridley Species
What kind of turtles have heart-shaped shells?
The Olive Ridley Species
How many species of sea turtles are there?
There are 6 species of sea turtles.green sea turtlehawksbill sea turtleflatback sea turtleloggerhead sea turtleKemp's ridley sea turtleolive ridley sea turtle
What is the definition of the word ridley?
The definition of the word 'Ridley' is A small turtle from tropical seas. There are two separate species of Ridley Sea Turtles, Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle and the Olive Ridley Sea Turtle.
Which is the most populous species of sea turtles found in water of the Indian subcontinent is it olive ridley turtles or loggerhead turtles?
olive riddle
Why are kemp's ridley sea turtles on the endangered list?
Kemp's Ridley sea turtles are on the endangered list because people kill them for their turtle shell and sell them for people who make purses out of them. To help keep these turtles alive people who sell the purses rarely sell them now. So be careful what kind of leather purse you buy because if you love your sea turtles you wouldn't by them.
Where do atlantic ridley turtles live?
Atlantic Ridley turtles live in the Atlantic
What is another name for a land turtle?
Large sea turtles. The seven existing species are Flatback, Green Sea Turtle, Hawksbill, Kemp's Ridley, Leatherback, Loggerhead and Olive Ridley.
Which is the most populous species of sea turtles found in water of the Indian subcontinent?
LOGGERHEAD and KENEPS RIDLEY
What is the length of a sea?
Green sea turtles grow to about 78 to 112 cm. Black sea turtles grow to about 59 to 117 cm. The Kemp's ridley and olive ridley are the smallest species, and they can grow from 55 to 65 cm.
What are Suriname's animals?
Suriname has over 180 species of mammals; over 700 species of birds; and an abundance of amphibians, fish, and reptiles. Four endangered species of sea turtles [Leatherback, Green, Olive Ridley, and Hawksbill] live there. The Galibi Nature Reserve was established as a national reserve in 1969 to protect them.
