Leatherback sea turtle and large size, leatherbacks are able to maintain high temperature differentials compared to the surrounding water. Adult leatherbacks have been found with core body temperatures that were above the water in which they were swimming. Leatherback turtles are one of the deepest-diving marine animals. Individuals have been recorded diving to depths as great as . Typical dive durations are between 3 and 8 minutes, with dives of 30–70 minutes occurring infrequently. They are also the fastest-moving reptiles. The 1992 edition of the "Guinness Book of World Records" lists the leatherback turtle moving at in the water. More typically, they swim
Varieties of Chinese Varieties of Chinese Chinese, also known as Sinitic, is a branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family consisting of hundreds of local language varieties, many of which are not mutually intelligible. The differences are similar to those within the Romance languages, with variation particularly strong in the more mountainous southeast. These varieties, often called "dialects", have been classified into seven to ten groups, the largest being Mandarin (e.g. Beijing dialect), Wu (e.g. Shanghainese), Min (e.g. Hokkien), and Yue (e.g. Cantonese). Chinese varieties differ most in their phonology, and to a lesser extent in vocabulary and syntax. Southern varieties tend to have