SciencePhoto: Mongabay IndiaGreat Nicobar Records Highest Leatherback Turtle Nests in Indian Ocean
Last winter, female leatherback turtles laid eggs in 869 nests on a beach near Galathea Bay, Great Nicobar Island, the highest number recorded in the Indian Ocean this nesting season ending in March. Nest numbers have also increased on South Bay and West Bay beaches of Little Andaman Island. Andaman and Nicobar is a stronghold for the Northeastern Indian Ocean leatherback population, which is thriving and expanding locally.
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