Found a turtle jogging across the front lawn.
No, I mean jogging, as in going about as fast as I walk. And a livly little dude it was. Tried to pick it up and it held onto the grass then instead of ducking into its shell, tried to reach around and bite me. Didn't hide one time.
It's now got a home out back, away from the street and within turtle distance of the creek. Plenty of bugs and stuff.
I'll need a sign "Beware of Turtle!"
For $4.95 you can have one:
L.W. (ßill) Hughes III did pass the time by typing:
Could have been, but it didn't have the beak, more of a flat nose.
RoyJ did pass the time by typing:
It had more of a flat nose, not the beak I usually associate with snappers. Had the attitude though. Should have taken a photo, but the turtle is now hiding under the bushes somewhere.
Or with a stick, nothing like showing some kid how the cute little turtle can snap a piece of dowell in two.
c did pass the time by typing:
That is so tempting.
Be careful, it might be protected depending on where you are and what species it is.
Dark Green with a smoother shell, I'll bet. Did it hiss at all? Did you see a tail?
Probably a Snapping variety.... They'll take your finger off in a heatbeat. Careful. One of them took a nice chunk out of the family dogs' nose when I was a kid.....
For many species of turtle the first line of defense when picked up is to pee on you. Its not pleasant. I spent some time working with Western Pond Turtles one summer...
That's cool tho!
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