OLIVE
RIDLEY |
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is one of the smallest of all sea turtles, weighing about 140 pounds (65
kilos) and measuring about 2 feet (60 cm) along its carapace. It is greenish
and gray in color, whence it got its name. Olive ridleys eat fish, mollusks, crustaceans (especially shrimp) and some sea grasses. The biggest concentration of its nests in Brazil is found on the beaches of the state of Sergipe. |
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