Naturalist Valmik Thapar calls it "one of the most extraordinary natural history events in the world." He is talking about when tens of thousands of female olive ridley turtles swim to the east coast of India to lay their eggs on the beach. These mother turtles have not been on this land since they were hatched there, about twenty years before. Many have traveled thousands of miles to get there. Use resources in the library and the Internet to find out what scientists have learned about these turtles. Answer the following questions:


How, after all those years, can the olive ridley turtles find the place where they emerged from their shells?







What other animals, such as salmon and puffins, also return to their birthplace to breed? Where do these animals live? What location do they return to?