Eastern box turtle from a few months back.

jbswearjbswear Registered Users Posts: 167 Major grins
edited December 31, 2007 in Wildlife
Found this little gem near my house one day this summer. Picked him up, took him home, shot him, and then took him back.


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  • JenGraceJenGrace Registered Users Posts: 1,229 Major grins
    edited December 31, 2007
    Aww...so cute! :D
    Jen

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  • tjl1388tjl1388 Registered Users Posts: 94 Big grins
    edited December 31, 2007
    Thank you so much for putting him back. So many of those poor little guys and gals end up in an aquarium under the care of a child or adult.

    I have been rescueing these poor fellas from development sites for several years now. (Fatten them up, deworm them, and put them in a safe place with lots of room to roam.)

    Matter of fact one of our familys most beloved pets is a rescue. Someone bought her when she was "oh so cute" and didn't do the research to see that she would someday grow to 100+ lbs.

    This is Tilly, she is roughly 50lbs know and does her best to keep the grass mowed in her half acre back yard.

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  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited December 31, 2007
    Cute guy! When I see turtles, especially on the road, I will pull over, run into traffic and get it off the road. I remember years ago rescuing a huge turtle in the country in North Texas. I have no idea which species it was, but my then girlfriend, now wife, and I found a nice creek and let it loose.
  • BikePilotBikePilot Registered Users Posts: 99 Big grins
    edited December 31, 2007
    Cool stuff! I love turtles (my wife and I have 4 sliders that were rescues). I think my most heroic act (sad huh?) ever was saving a terp from a hopeless attempt to cross the street. Was driving and saw him just a we passed. Pulled over, sprinted back and snatched him up just before a car went by.
    Josh


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