Talk:Leatherback sea turtle

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. c 2007 (UTC)

Distribution map error

According to the text of this WP article, Dermochelys coriacea is found in the Pacific Ocean along the coast of California, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska. However, the distribution map shows its range stopping at southern California. Perhaps someone could add a little more blue to the extreme left side of the map to better indicate the correct geographic range of this species.74.109.236.194 (talk) 00:03, 11 June 2011 (UTC) I guess it came from a book. Now we have to find out who is right.Turtleguy1134 (talk) 23:33, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Dermochelyidae as a new phylum

I know you all say leatherbacks are turtles and reptiles, but in fact that is just a big glitch.Their body temp is higher than the the outside temp. Turtleguy1134 (talk) 23:26, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

That doesn't make them a phylum. The issue is with the definition of reptiles, not with whether a turtle is one. Chipmunkdavis (talk) 23:41, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Life expectancy

Is anything known about life expectancy in this species? or turtles in general? Autochthony wrote: 1433 Z 2012 January 04. 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. 66.87.0.98 (talk) 16:35, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

Hatnote to Lute

Is this hatnote necessary? The Leatherback turtle is sometimes known as the lute turtle, but there is no Wikipedia page with "lute" in the title that will lead you here. A look at Google, although far from definitive, doesn't lead to anything linking to here using the name "lute" for the turtle where the context is not already firmly turtles. Thryduulf (talk) 16:06, 10 January 2012 (UTC)