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Their first experience of the world is that of a sandy struggle! This group of turtles young struggles to come out of their sandy nest, self born and with no help from their turtle parents.

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Turtle beach in Odisha: Aerial view of magical night when hundreds of thousands of Ridley turtles hatch and make their way into the Bay of Bengal by daybreak! Turtle baby hatchlings emerge from their sandy home, and run towards the Bay of B…

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Talk of perfect crab sandy camouflage! What crab species would this be? A spider-like crab digs in the sands along the Odisha coast of the Bay of Bengal, at Rushikuliya beach.

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Turtle baby hatchlings emerge from their sandy home, and run towards the Bay of Bengal, with instinct driving them to safety, food and a secure future. But there are dangers that lurk along the way.

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In this magical birth sequence, and in total darkness, baby Ridley Turtles emerge from their sandy nest holes, along Odisha coast. The turtles work entirely on instinct, with no parents around to help them, in typical reptile style.

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A House Crow predates upon rare turtles, eat unhatched Olive Ridley Turtle eggs: Nature red in tooth and claw A House Crow turns turtle babies upside down as they ran towards the Bay of Bengal, to feast on them later.

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A House Crow turns turtle babies upside down as they ran towards the Bay of Bengal, to feast on them later. 999 out of 1000 Ridley Turtles born in India will perish and only one will survive. See some of those 999 babies that die...

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Newly hatched Olive Ridley Turtles happily swim to the Bay of Bengal's waters in Odisha A House Crow predatee upon rare turtles, eat unhatched Olive Ridley Turtle eggs: Nature red in tooth and claw A House Crow turns turtle babies upside do…

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Gopalpur-on-Sea Fish jetty in Orissa, with blue boats galore, in stunning aerial view of Oriya seaboard town, along the Bay of Bengal. Trucks await on the plains beyond, and hundreds of tonnes of fish dry out in the early summer sun.

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Fish laid out to dry in the dessicating winter sun of Gopalpur-on-sea, Orissa: Women and rake up the masses of fish and organize and sort them for sale. What a neat and clean sun-dried work environment! No stinky fish market this...

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Sand art a popular and growing art form at Puri Beach in Orissa, pioneered by Sudarshan Pattnaik. Th nilkanth blue throat of Shiva and the customary snake wrapped around his neck are apparent.

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A drive-through along the Chandrabhaga beach front which is one of the cleanest beaches in India. See the lovely atmosphere of a pristine sea-side town in Orissa, India.

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Colourful (mostly blue!) boats at the fishing jetty at Gopalpur-on-sea beach in Odisha: On of India's cleanest beaches.

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An Odiya man prepares chaat and other snackables at Puri Beach, for tourists. A Chaat shop on Puri Beach in Odisha : Street food of Orissa, India

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India's second largest lake likes in Orissa! A boat journey on to the famous birding and dolphin lake of India's eastern sea-board.

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Boat oarman falls down from his boat and into the water as he loses balance, near Gopalpur beach in Odisha Epic fail of a boatman.

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What a neat and clean sun-dried work environment! No stinky fish market this... Women workers sort and shovel dry fish at Gopalpur open-air yard by the sea in Odisha / Orissa.

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A ship berthed at Gopalpur-on-sea Port in Odisha : Aerial view off the coast of the Bay of Bengal, with ships berthed at port. A view from the air of one of our finest and cleanest ports.

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Gopalpur-on-Sea Fish jetty in Orissa, with blue boats galore, in stunning aerial view of Oriya seaboard town, along the Bay of Bengal. Trucks await on the plains beyond, and hundreds of tonnes of fish dry out in the early summer sun.

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Olive Ridley Turtle returns to the Bay of Bengal, as tourists disturb it on Rushikulya Beach in Odisha These are the hallowed waters were hundreds of thousands of Olive Ridley Turtles have just laid their eggs in the sands.

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Neat little boxes and sqaures of a vast field network of salt farm and salt works in neat aerial patterns, as seen from near Gopalpur-on-sea in Orissa state, India.

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These are the hallowed waters were hundreds of thousands of Olive Ridley Turtles have just laid their eggs in the sands. Se the multiple turtle flipper and foot prints and the holes dug into the sands.

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Puri Beach is thronged by tourist crowds in Odisha, on a warm summer day along the Bay of Bengal Crowded Puri beach in Odisha is a sight from the sky: thousands mill around on clean Orissa coastal beach, along the Bay of Bengal.