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What are arribadas? What are names and locations of some beaches where arribadas occur?

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What are arribadas? What are names and locations of some beaches where arribadas occur?

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“Arribada” means ‘arrival’ in Spanish. It describes a mass-nesting event of the ridley sea turtles. Such an event occurs when large numbers of turtles have gathered off shore to form a “flotilla”. Then they emerge from the sea en masse and nest synchronously over the course of 3 – 7 days.