Talk:Yellow-lipped sea krait
Yellow-lipped sea krait has been listed as one of the Natural sciences good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it. Review: October 10, 2016. (Reviewed version). |
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Ratings
editI changed the ratings on this article. If it is not done right, please change it back. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.250.72.128 (talk) 02:01, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
Danger to humans
editArticle mentions not being a danger to divers (without citation), but isn't it also true that the snakes cannot open their mouths wide enough to get a bite on most places on the human body?
Also, it would be nice to have something on their diet, habitat, other behavior. Piano non troppo (talk) 12:35, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
Description
editThe description section does not meet standard on WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles for description;
Description (physical, behavioral characteristics) - what makes this (group of) critter(s) different from its close relatives?
Moreover, it is unreadable to a layperson. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.51.25.50 (talk) 17:53, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
GA Review
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Reviewer: Tom29739 (talk · contribs) 10:32, 9 October 2016 (UTC)
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Respiration
editOne thing that the article does not make clear is whether these snakes can breathe while under water. Do they breathe air and hold their breathe while underwater, like marine mammals, or are they able to breathe underwater like fish?Bill (talk) 18:31, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
- @Billposer: All sea snakes cannot breathe underwater like fish, as stated in Hydrophiinae, since they don't have gills. This could be included in this article anyways to clarify. Sn1per (talk) 05:16, 16 December 2016 (UTC)