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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. c 2007 (UTC)

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 16 January 2023 and 28 April 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Student973668 (article contribs).

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Information on conservation status

As a concerned reader, Im wondering if conservation status can be made more available in the beginning of the article, rather than having to scroll down and see that it's endangered. I feel it's almost hidden at this point, I had to search for it. 98.109.137.129 (talk) 11:23, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have added some information to the lead. CMD (talk) 11:44, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Physiology - metabolism - differential temperature

There is an error in the description of core body temperature versus the surrounding water. The article states that the temperature differential is as much as 18C (which is correct and agrees with all of the source material) but this is followed by "(32F)" which is an incorrect conversion. 18C is equal to 64.4 F. I do not know how to edit this conversion. Thanks to anyone who can do this. Pikabun91 (talk) 00:11, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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-==Size==
-This article says that leatherbacks are the 4th largest reptile after 3 crocodillians, yet komodo dragons (which are lizards) can be a good 3 feet longer, then there are snakes like anacondas as well which can be six feet longer. I get the impression that its supposed to be the 4th heaviest reptile perhaps? "Largest" is a little vague.
-[[Special:Contributions/123.243.215.92|123.243.215.92]] ([[User talk:123.243.215.92|talk]]) 07:17, 13 June 2014 (UTC)
 == Links ==
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 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. c 2007 (UTC)
+==Wiki Education assignment: BSC 4052 Conservation Biology==
-== Life expectancy ==
+{{dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment | course = Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/University_of_South_Florida/BSC_4052_Conservation_Biology_(Spring_2023) | assignments = [[User:Student973668|Student973668]] | start_date = 2023-01-16 | end_date = 2023-04-28 }}
-Is anything known about life expectancy in this species?  or turtles in general?  Autochthony wrote: 1433 Z 2012 January 04.  [[Special:Contributions/109.154.29.239|109.154.29.239]] ([[User talk:109.154.29.239|talk]]) 14:32, 4 January 2012 (UTC)
-Actually not.  The speculation is just that, and states 50 years  or more.  (That's all the data we have. Maybe in another 50 years it will say "100 years or more." )  But the article would be better if it addressed that lack of knowledge.  Think I'll add it now. [[Special:Contributions/66.87.0.98|66.87.0.98]] ([[User talk:66.87.0.98|talk]]) 16:35, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
-== Removed videos ==
+<span class="wikied-assignment" style="font-size:85%;">— Assignment last updated by [[User:Student973668|Student973668]] ([[User talk:Student973668|talk]]) 02:28, 14 April 2023 (UTC)</span>
-I deleted two videos from the Life History (Predation) section as they purported to be of leatherback hatchlings emerging from a nest, and a hatchling running for the sea. In fact neither video was of leatherbacks; they both showed cheloniid hatchlings.[[User:Gleedowengleedowen|Gleedowengleedowen]] ([[User talk:Gleedowengleedowen|talk]]) 19:51, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
+== Information on conservation status ==
-== Two odd sentences in physiology paragraph ==
+As a concerned reader, Im wondering if conservation status can be made more available in the beginning of the article, rather than having to scroll down and see that it's endangered. I feel it's almost hidden at this point, I had to search for it.  [[Special:Contributions/98.109.137.129|98.109.137.129]] ([[User talk:98.109.137.129|talk]]) 11:23, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
-There are two sentences in here that don't make any sense.  I edited them, but my edits were reverted, so I figured I'd post them here and someone more legit could take a look.
+:I have added some information to the lead. [[User:Chipmunkdavis|CMD]] ([[User talk:Chipmunkdavis|talk]]) 11:44, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
-"high body temperatures using metabolically generated cold" - You can metabolically generate HEAT, but you can't metabolically generate COLD, which is simply the absence of heat.  Also, it doesn't make sense that you'd generate high body temperatures by generating cold.  Especially given that it goes on to talk about how the turtle keeps warm by swimming and hunting a lot and staying active, it seems that it would be generating heat.  This sentence struck me as someone making a sly vandalism edit in the long-past.
+== Physiology - metabolism - differential temperature ==
-"...recorded diving to depths as small as 1,280 metres (4,200 ft)..." - This just struck me as very odd wording.  In context, its talking about the deep/large/great depths that the turtle can dive to, but then it uses "small" to describe the turtle's maximum recorded depth.
+There is an error in the description of core body temperature versus the surrounding water. The article states that the temperature differential is as much as 18C (which is correct and agrees with all of the source material) but this is followed by "(32F)" which is an incorrect conversion. 18C is equal to 64.4 F. I do not know how to edit this conversion. Thanks to anyone who can do this. [[User:Pikabun91|Pikabun91]] ([[User talk:Pikabun91|talk]]) 00:11, 10 October 2024 (UTC)
-Anyway, maybe [[User:Prof._Mc]] can drop by and explain why he thought my edits were meant to "lighten up" the article.  My guess is that it was an automatic anti-vandal response since it was an edit from an IP address and it was only 2 words that changed.  <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/192.0.202.177|192.0.202.177]] ([[User talk:192.0.202.177|talk]]) 20:32, 22 May 2014 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->