Olive Ridley Sea Turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea), also known as Pacific Ridleys, are best known for their behavior of synchronized nesting in mass numbers, termed as "arribadas". Olive Ridleys generally begin to aggregate near nesting beaches approximately two months before nesting season, although this may vary throughout its range. Females can lay up to three clutches per season, but most will only lay one or two clutches. The female will remain near shore for the inter-nesting period, which is approximately one month. Mean clutch size varies throughout its range and decreases with each nesting attempt. A mean clutch size of 116 (30-168 eggs) has been observedin the South American region while nesting females from the eastern Pacific were found to have an average of 105 (74-126 eggs). The incubation period is usually between 45--51 days under natural conditions, but may extend to 70 days in poor weather conditions. Eggs incubated at temperatures of 31-32 degrees Celsius will produce only females but if the eggs are incubated at a temperature of 28 degrees or less, it will produce solely males. Incubation temperatures of 29-30 degrees will produce a mixed sex clutch. Hatching success can vary by beach and year, due to changing environmental conditions and rates of nest predation. Source: Wikipedia This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM 1080i High Definition, HDV and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Reach us at rupindang [at] gmail [dot] com and [email protected]