Sea turtle comes on Andaman beach to lay eggs

Fishermen first spotted the leatherback turtle which is the largest turtle variety available.

Allison, a three-year-old Atlantic Green sea turtle, swims in a holding tank at Sea Turtle, Inc., in South Padre Island, Texas, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008. The turtle was missing three flippers when tourists found her two years ago and took her to Sea Turtle Inc., a turtle hospital started by a local woman 31 years ago to treat and return injured sea turtles to the wild. Her caregivers and a group of volunteers hope to make her what's believed to be the first sea turtle fitted with a prosthetic flipper. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

A large female leatherback turtle which came to lay eggs was found from a beach of Campbell Bay at Geat Nicobar island.

The 1.5—metre—long turtle came on the sandy beach in the evening of August 7 and laid about 150 eggs, forest officials said.

Fishermen first spotted the leatherback turtle which is the largest turtle variety available.

A large number of people gathered to catch a glimpse of the turtle. A temporary fencing was erected to safeguard the eggs from stray dogs wandering on the beach, officials said.

After spending for more than two hours on the beach the turtle returned to the sea.