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- U.S. biologists moved 204 olive ridley turtle eggs from Orange County beaches to the Aquarium of the Pacific.
- The nests in Seal Beach and Huntington Beach constitute the West Coast’s first natural olive ridley nesting.
- Officials warned that high surf, tides and Hurricane Polo could wash away the nests.
- The aquarium will incubate the eggs in a temperature-controlled setting, expecting hatching in 45-60 days.