Olive ridley hatchlings dash to the open sea when they were released by animal care technicians of Ocean Adventure Park at the Camayan Beach Resort in the Subic Bay Freeport on December 12.
The olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), the smallest and the most abundant of sea turtles, is just one of the five sea turtles, or pawikan species found in the Philippines and among the only seven species in the world.
Subic Bay is among the known nesting sites of the pawikan. Subic beach resorts care for the eggs deposited in the sand by sea turtles until they hatch and are ready for release into the sea.