Jul 28, 2016
Park rangers have recorded dozens of endangered olive
ridley turtle hatchlings emerging from their nest in the Kimberley,
a first for Western Australia.
Environment Minister Albert Jacob said the discovery had
generated a lot of excitement among marine scientists and the
Dambimangari traditional owners of the area because the species was
rarely seen in WA.
Mr Jacob said a joint patrol of Department of Parks and
Wildlife staff and Dambimangari rangers came across the nest while
removing marine debris from a beach near Lalang-garram/Camden Sound
Marine Park, 300km north-east of Broome.
The olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) is the smallest of Australia's sea turtles and only grows to about 70 centimetres long.
Olive ridley hatchlings Video footage