Talk:Hawksbill turtle

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February 19, 2007	Peer review	Reviewed
March 9, 2007	Featured article candidate	Promoted
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[edit] Gallery Photo

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe this image labelled as a Hawksbill in Tobago is actually a Leatherback. Can anyone confirm? Jnpet 08:02, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Or possibly a green turtle. It's the tail that doesn't fit. I don't think hawksbill turtles have tails like that. Jnpet 09:44, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Definitely not a leatherback. From this angle, it might be a really old hawksbill (explaining the lack of serration on the posterior margin of the carapace), a green or a loggerhead. Since the pic isn't clear enough to count or make-out the scute pattern of the carapace, I guess we'll just go with it as a hawksbill until something clearer comes along.Shrumster 05:54, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Digest glass?

Not sure if turtles really can digest glass, sounds like someone is confused with "glass sponge", which I doubt really contains glass in the form most people know it. Please correct, as I'm not a turtle expert. 82.69.54.182 23:01, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Hexactinnelids, i.e. glass sponges, do contain organic glass spicules in the form of SiO2. While I am not certain if these are digestible by E. imbricata, they (the turtles) do eat glass sponges, along with the more common demosponges, which have both SiO2 and CaCO3 spicules. Shrumster 06:10, 5 February 2007 (UTC)