Tens of millions of olive ridley turtles have been hatching in recent days on the beaches of northeastern India. <br /><br />Footage filmed on May 3rd showed hatchlings scurrying across the sand down to the waves at the mass nesting site of Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary in Kendarpara in Odisha state.<br /><br />According to ecologists, about 20 million of the reptiles have already hatched from an estimated 60 million eggs laid. <br /><br />Olive ridley turtles are the second smallest and most abundant of all sea turtles found in the world.
