Talk:Loggerhead Sea Turtle

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[edit] Links

I added a link to SWOT Report, volume 2. This is a yearly publication and volume two focuses on the loggerhead 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 loggerheads. 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] Capitalization

I changed the title of the article to "Loggerhead sea turtle" and redirected several redirect pages and only then actually read the WP guidelines for capitalization of species names. I reverted all my changes. andersonpd 03:09, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Save the turtles?

I think we all agree that sea turtles should in fact be helped to survive but is it actually appropriate to right "Save the sea turtle!!!"? I deleted this because i do not think it relates in any way to the actuall animal itself, wikipedia is simply a information thread and not a petition. Thanks.

EDIT- I deleted the "Save the sea turtles i know you Can!" from the main article beacuase it does not directly relate to the article.

[edit] Need picture of baby loggerhead?

I have a picture of a baby loggerhead sea turtle that I can offer if anyone thinks it would help the page or the loggerheads in general. I took the picture and would be willing to GNU license it if it seems useful. It is in a human hand and approximately 2.5 inches long. Also, yes, I know, shouldn't have picked it up but it was crossing the road and it was to meet its untimely death. Luckily it lived at least one more night. Anyway I'll watch this space for any comments and if you can't get me here try my userpage. JohnCub 23:12, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Sure thing! Any pics are always welcome! Shrumster 05:20, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
I got it uploaded and all. Not sure how you all want to use it in the article. [[Image:BabyLoggerhead.png]] JohnCub 20:13, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
I'll slip it in in a temporary spot until I get around to fixing the article. Currently going through the C. mydas one first. Shrumster 20:34, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Upon looking at the picture, I'm sorry to say it isn't a loggerhead (or a chelonid). I'm not quite sure what it is but we can put it in the turtle article first until we determine where it belongs. Looks like one of the North American pond turtles. Shrumster 20:38, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Oh, ok. I'm not a turtle expert, or even novice as far as that goes. I went to a turtle forum and they told me it was a loggerhead. If it helps, it was found in the salt marsh area near Tybee Island Georgia. JohnCub 20:48, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Narrowed it down. It's a map turtle of some sort. If you could reupload the pic with a changed name, that'd be great. Then we can slap it into the map turtle article. Still a great pic! Shrumster 21:09, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Got it. Sorry about the confusion. [[Image:BabyMapTurtleInHand.png]]. JohnCub 21:18, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
No prob! Sticking it in the appropriate article...thanks again! Shrumster 06:25, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

It's not a baby, but here's an interesting photo from www.nps.gov: [1]. The disclaimer at the www.nps.gov homepage suggests this is public domain. I don't have time to add it to the article right now, but I'm also looking for a photo of a baby loggerhead! MoodyGroove 17:38, 6 May 2007 (UTC)MoodyGroove

Here's a baby loggerhead [2] from National Park Service and turtle tacks [3] from US Fish and Wildlife. MoodyGroove 17:47, 6 May 2007 (UTC)MoodyGroove
Loggerhead escaping with aid of TED from NOAA [4]. MoodyGroove 17:55, 6 May 2007 (UTC)MoodyGroove

I uploaded some images today with appropriate public domain tags: [5] [6] [7]MoodyGroove 19:54, 6 May 2007 (UTC)MoodyGroove

Thanks super! Shrumster 09:35, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Loggerhead/Loggerback Turtles

In following the Leatherback turtles in "The Great Turtle Race", I came across Loggerback turtles and when looking in Wikipedia for Loggerback sea turtle, Loggerback turtle or just Loggerback, receive the note "No results found."

After doing some minimal googling and web searching, I find equal references to both loggerback and loggerhead turtles, often in the same article.

If the two are the same species, it would be nice to have that distinction in the Loggerhead Sea Turtle page so that someone searching for Loggerback turtles, would find the article.

Is there anyone who knows for sure that Loggerback and Loggerhead turtles are indeed the same species? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.210.90.74 (talk) 15:44, 22 April 2007 (UTC).