An endangered olive ridley turtle may have travelled close to 2,000 kilometres to nest on Queensland's east coast in a find described by renowned researcher Col Limpus as 'quite a phenomenon'.
The olive ridley turtle has been discovered nesting on the east coast of Australia for the first time.
While conducting a dawn patrol along Campwin Beach, south of Mackay, about two months ago, volunteer conservation group member Janet Boxall spotted an unusual looking turtle entering the water.With the help of her fellow volunteers, she said an egg chamber was located, and they moved about 90 eggs up onto a cliff and out of danger.
"It was at about 60 days we were just sitting on the beach and they all just came out in one bunch," Ms Sidey said. The olive ridley nests all year round, but their major breeding events happen in Mexico, the western coast of Costa Rica and along India's east coast. "It's actually quite abundant in its breeding in Asia, and Australia is sort of on its outer limits."Dr Limpus believed they travelled to the reef from their nesting site in the Solomon Islands.
"They breed every one to two years so hopefully it comes back to breed again and expands the population."
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