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[edit] Links
I added a link to SWOT Report, volume 1. This is a yearly publication and volume one focuses on the leatherback nesting beaches of the world, along with many articles about loggerhead natural history, behavior and conservation. Also includes information relating to other species of sea turtles, but the information is heavily leatherbacks. All products, publications and information produced by SWOT is to be freely used and distributed and is meant to be a public outreach, awareness and education tool for conservation of sea turtles.
[edit] Turtle Poo
Only one out of those eggs survive,and when hatching the turtles poo . What does this mean?
[edit] Turtle teeth?
Here's a question. I saw this picture that someone had taken of a leatherback turtle that had washed up on a beach in Ireland (how it got all the way up there, they don't know yet), and was rather stunned:
http://cr0y.waffleimages.com/files/65/65e0be9efe109265d09b57ff900b74ce2a67a171.jpg
I thought that turtles don't have teeth? And if those aren't teeth what are they?
They are modifications of the esophagus that help to hold food while sea water is pushed out of the mouth (to reduce salt intake during feeding).
- they're spines to retain food like jellyfish, etc. a google search for 'leatherback' and 'mouth' will yield more info. 71.136.44.70 10:44, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Metres vs. Meters
- The Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Scientific_style says: For units of measure use SI units, unless there are compelling historical or pragmatic reasons not to do so. The SI unit of measurement is the metre. The variant American spelling, meter is not the name of the SI unit, but is correct in American English. Nonetheless, it does not trump the standard spelling.
- The Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#National_varieties_of_English says cIf all else fails, consider following the spelling style preferred by the first major contributor (that is, not a stub) to the article. This spelling has been stable and accepted in the article November 12, 2004, and has been retained through a long history of edits.
Thus, "metre" should be retained. Guettarda 18:55, 20 May 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Turtle diet
It would be nice if someone could add a section on Sea turtle diet page. ok i will.
Would somebody be able to find an uncopyrighted pic of an actual baby leatherback to include on this page? The photo that was on here was NOT a leatherback sea turtle, so I deleted it.
[edit] HUGE!!!
I actully went to jekyll island for research, and when i saw the size of a leather back turtle, i was suprised, beacuse it is HUGE!
- I've seen a speciment in a museum when I was young. Being 4 feet tall at that time, it was hard for me to believe that it was only 6 feet long. I guess that's how fishermen stories are made.--92.118.191.48 (talk) 19:18, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] For the record
Someone had written 'boobies' next to one of the content pieces. I deleted it, but the fact that someone still wrote it there counts as vandalism, right? these are so beautiful
- I admire both that majestic testudine and the woman anatomy, but I think you did well for erasing that.--92.118.191.48 (talk) 19:14, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Incorrect Temperature Conversion
An 18°C difference in temperature is only a 32.4°F difference, not 64°F that the article uses. It is incorrect to add the 32°F constant when disussing the difference between temperatures. I have corrected this. 74.108.134.40 05:17, 13 November 2006 (UTC)amarshal@wlu.ca
[edit] Seems too fishy to be true
I found this in the article: "Nets are purposely set for other kinds of sea turtles in some areas of Puerto Rico. Though they are not intended for Leatherbacks, some are occasionally caught. Despite its illegality, the practice continues. Leatherback Turtles are usually caught up in long nets which can be up to 100km long. What happens to them after they are caught they either get thrown on the fishing deck or thrown away."
First of all, a net that long would be close to the length of the entire island of Puerto Rico, so I don't believe it. Second, the last sentence is sorely ungrammatical. Finally, none of this stuff -- even the first sentence -- contains a cite to a better reference.
Things like this appearing in Wikipedia are the reason people don't trust it as a "real" encyclopedia. I don't have the knowledge to accurately revise this, however, so I didn't take it out.
I call that NPOV; Besides, it's not even cited, and I'm feeling bold. it's going. Sneakernets 08:28, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Homosexuality
Why is Dr. James Cochran's sexuality worth mentioning? It's irrelevant in the context of turtles. The only way would be as a possible motivation to investigate this particular behaviour, and since there's no source that this is the case, it shouldn't be mentioned.
- He doesn't seem to exist as a public figure. I figure, someone out there is posting attack edits on a guy with that name. Sheer malevolent vandalism. Shrumster 04:58, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Proposed rename to Leatherback turtle
I say we bring this baby back to Leatherback turtle. In my experience, that's the more common name over the current one. While it's not a final indicator, "Leatherback turtle" gets 163,000 ghits while "Leatherback sea turtle" gets less than half that at 72,300 ghits. Shrumster 06:53, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
- If there aren't any objections, I'll be proceeding with the move soon. Shrumster 05:45, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
- Done, thanks! Shrumster 14:13, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Placeholder/adding later
to add later: Mesodermochelys, Corsochelys[1] Shrumster 17:38, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] mobility
leatherback turtles have paddle like flippets so tey can mave place to place and their shell helps them to glide threw the water. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.251.125.51 (talk) 15:23, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Top Speed
I think it's worth pointing out that the speed of nearly 10 m/s is for a swimming turtle - had me confused for a minute til I checked the reference! I will add a rough edit, but if anyone wants to make the sentence flow better then feel free. 195.27.12.230 (talk) 13:16, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
