Talk:Kemp's ridley sea turtle

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Ridley or ridley

Scholarly sources do not uppercase the "r" in ridley. Should this be changed throughout? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.190.230.3 (talk • contribs) 14:14, 20 August 2010

Yes agreed. Lower case is the scholarly way to do it. Also with sea turtle so it's Kemp's ridley sea turtle. Regards, SunCreator ^(talk) 20:44, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

Does size matter

I'm no expert on these things but... the article states that "Kemp's ridley is the smallest species of sea turtle." A related article states that "the olive ridley is the smallest extant sea turtle." I shall post this in the other place as well, because I'm now intrigued to know which is the smaller and I'm sure you Lepidochelysophiles can sort it out! Upharsin (talk) 09:28, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

It's not difficult to find sources saying either. I'm not sure the answer. Regards, SunCreator ^(talk) 13:40, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

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The result of the move request was: page moved by silent consensus. Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 12:59, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

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Kemp's ridley → Kemp's ridley sea turtle — Standard per WP:FNAME, WP:CAPS and other Sea turtle articles(Olive ridley sea turtle, Loggerhead sea turtle, Hawksbill sea turtle etc) based largely on how NYTimes does it. Although so far the NYTimes has no article mentioning the Kemp's ridley sea turtle. Just to point out 'ridley' is not a name , which was a source of confusion before. I doubt this move will be controversial but you never know, hence opening the request. Regards, SunCreator ^(talk) 19:51, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

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Recent status?

It's been a few years since the oil spill. Has there been any news on how the Kemp's Ridlay and other wildlife have faired? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.47.120.226 (talk) 18:03, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

Numbers seem to be good, at 7-9000 breeding females in 2012 as I remember. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find year by year figures yet. Compagno et al. were concerned about a number of species, apparently purely by correlating IUCN status and range overlapping the Gulf, which is a doubtful methodology, however with the Kemp's ridley sea turtle it is a real concern sine they lay their eggs in apparently only two locations. Nonetheless it is possible that the suspension of shrimping may have benefited the turtle. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 00:14, 23 July 2014 (UTC).

I have added a graph of the numbers of nests found on Texas beaches. There is a dip in 2010 and again in 2013, but these figures are still better than 2007, itself a record. The turtle has a long time to maturity so effects on the whole population would be likely to be long lasting, conversely effects on the young might not show up in nesting figures for 12 years or more. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 17:49, 23 July 2014 (UTC).

Just a note: 10,000 breeding females is the target for decreasing the (US) listing, so if my recollection above is accurate, this particular parameter is not far off. (There are others.) All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 00:29, 4 August 2014 (UTC).

Kemp's Ridley sea turtle

It was kempii turtle bro.It not hawkbill turtle.You must be misunderstood me.Hawkbill turtle was just random tag of picture. DaikinInverter789 (talk) 07:09, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

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