2.45 lakh turtles invade Gahirmatha beach for mass nesting

The endangered Olive Ridley female turtles have begun arriving at the Gahirmatha beach, world’s largest known rookery of these species, to lay eggs with more than 2.45 lakh marine animals’ en-masse arrival for the unique natural heritage in one of the largest single-day arrival of the turtles at the tranquil nesting beach.