Re: Continental predators, etc.

["David Marjanovic" <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

> On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, David Marjanovic wrote:
> > > > [...] It should also be noted that Marine
> > > > Turtles have used the simplest strategy of all (bury them at night
and
> > > > forget them) quite successfully for 65 million years, even on
> > > > continental beaches and using traditional sites year after year.
> > >
> > > Which continental beaches?
> >
> > Lots, e. g. in Greece and Turkey.
>
> The Turkish beach which hosts Loggerhead Turtles (_Caretta caretta) is
> basically a sand bar which juts out from the mainland.  As such, it is
> remote.  There is some predation, but wolves must walk something like 5 km
> to the site--that's 5 km along a sand bar. [...]

Why wolves? Aren't rats enough?

> Now, which Greek beach was it?

Don't know, AFAIK several, and aren't there more in Turkey?
Is it really only *Caretta caretta*, BTW?