<span style="color: #222222;">A Green sea turtle has been found on the shores of Tarkarli in the Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra. It has also laid some eggs there. This species is found in only two places in India. On January 11, the turtle laid its eggs on the shores of Tarkarli.<br />”<br />”This incident was brought to light by Pankaj Malandkar, a local. At first, the nest seemed to belong to the olive ridley turtle. The video and photographs of the turtle were sent to the Mangrove department officials. Since the turtle in the photographs looked different from the Olive Ridley, the department officials contacted the turtle researchers.<br />”<br />”The video and photographs of the turtle were sent to Nupur Kale, a turtle researcher at the Wildlife Conservation Society at Bangalore, who studied and confirmed the turtle as a Green Sea Turtle. The chicks came out of the green sea turtle's nest 52 days after laying eggs. They were released into the sea under the guidance of Marine life researcher Dr. Sarang Kulkarni.</span><br />