The turtles are on the move

Good looks baddy.

 

Oh, the poor friggin' turtles. I moved a couple of box turtles out of my road last month. It's a dead end residential road but gets more traffic than I expected due to joyriding rednecks. Years ago I rescued another box turtle from an interstate in Maryland.

I've read that you should move them out of the road in the direction in which they were going, so that's what I do. I once found a large and very cranky snapping turtle on a country road. I got a snow brush out of the trunk and waved it in the turtle's face and that snapper charged the brush, snapping at the bristles, all the way out of the road and into the woods, where it stomped off with a mouthful of red bristles.

 

We get some monster snappers up here. Mean buggers.

Make sure to wash them hands after picking em up. Those things can get you sick in a hurry.

 

Well done Scarecrow, I've heard the same about Box turtles.

 

Who the hell picks up snappers? I'd be more worried about the jaws than the germs.

 

All turtles I believe, not just the boxes.

 

they have salmonella, and dont keep your box turtles, 10K fine in peoples republic of nj. All fauna belongs to king!

 

Just gotta be careful and mind that head. They come out a lot more than they look. Get up behind them.

 

i was told that if you see a big snapper, grab a stick and have them bite that. then drag it off the road. definitely do not touch

 

turtles are cool creatures.when I was in school we had a box turtle we got to take home when we were good,this was like 3rd grade,but il never forget myrtle the turtle.

 

I like turtles.

 

Another box turtle, this one passed through my yard the other day:

 

Nice, we encountered one on a hike over the weekend, I'll post a pic soon.

 

I just kinda kick em out of the road

 

I saved one this past weekend. He had a bunch of pancake buddies all around him. The guy in the yard across the street didn't look too impressed. He was like.. "another turtle... happens all the time"

 

Didn't save any turtles this weekend, but I did save this little guy from the mower. Does that count?

 

Of course that counts.

 

Good for you. Of course we can't expect the average American to haul their wide load asses up out of their chairs to rescue a lowly reptile.