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Ridley
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ridley: see sea turtle sea turtle, name for several species of large marine turtles found in tropical and subtropical oceans. These turtles are modified for life in the ocean by having flipperlike forelimbs without toes and lightweight shells.
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Nicholas. ?1500--55, English bishop, who helped to revise the liturgy under Edward VI. He was burnt at the stake for refusing to disavow his Protestant beliefs when Mary I assumed the throne


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The area is famous for the Olive Ridley Turtles which return there every year to breed.
Students have already observed one video ("Land of the Tiger: Unknown Seas"), which portrays the life cycle of Ridley turtles off the coast of India.
Olive Ridley turtles, whose numbers are in sharp decline in South America, can be found nesting from Guinea-Bissau all the way to Angola, the report says.
 
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