Finally, the universe shells out some good news.
Nature is pretty scary right now. There’s a mysterious virus wafting through the air around the world. There are things called murder hornets zipping to places they shouldn’t be zipping to. At any moment I am waiting for the dust bunnies under my bed to grow fangs and turn on me. Alas, among all the bad news there is bound to be some good news and today’s good news comes in the form of baby turtles.
Over on India’s eastern coast lies Odisha’s Gahirmatha Beach, a nesting spot for the endangered Olive Ridley turtles. Each year around this time millions of turtle hatchlings scamper through the sand and make their way to the ocean. The mass nesting typically attracts thousands of tourists who tend to disturb the nesting turtles but because the coronavirus pandemic has reduced the human activity on the beach, more turtles were able to lay their eggs resulting in one of the highest turtles births ever! Perhaps every grey cloud does have a hardened, turtle-shelled lining.
Check out the video of the amazing good news below!
While we were inside today morning nearly 2 crore plus olive #Ridley #turtle hatchlings have emerged & made their way to sea from the coats of #Odisha.
One of nature’s incredible extravaganza. Via @susantananda3 sir. pic.twitter.com/BhAZzLbI8o
— Parveen Kaswan, IFS (@ParveenKaswan) May 8, 2020
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