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They must be REALLY smart. In the original 2009 stimulus package (don't know if it made it to the final one) there was money for a turtle crossing. The sign to tell them where it was must have been priceless.
They must be REALLY smart. .........there was money for a turtle crossing.
I've stopped my car on several occasions when a saw a turtle crossing the street, picked it up and moved it
to a safe place. Bailey the crossing guardian.
They must be REALLY smart. In the original 2009 stimulus package (don't know if it made it to the final one) there was money for a turtle crossing. The sign to tell them where it was must have been priceless.
They may have meant a tunnel under the road.
Then there's this woman who really did think the Deer Crossing signs are meant to be read by deer.
I've stopped my car on several occasions when a saw a turtle crossing the street, picked it up and moved it
to a safe place. Bailey the crossing guardian.
We do that also. Here they are snapping turtles and you have to be quick. Those ill-tempered beasts can stretch their necks all the way around and snap you if you aren't. Makes me feel like Rodney Dangerfield.
Also if they are sufficiently irritated they will urinate and you've not smelled nothing 'til you've smelled snapping turtle whiz.
I had koi and goldfish that would come when I called them. They'd also let me "pet" them.
I trained them for the amusement of the neighborhood kids.
It ended in tragedy. They got so tame that the day a blue heron came fishing in my yard they came swimming up to greet him and. . .
We do that also. Here they are snapping turtles and you have to be quick. Those ill-tempered beasts can stretch their necks all the way around and snap you if you aren't. Makes me feel like Rodney Dangerfield.
I had koi and goldfish that would come when I called them. They'd also let me "pet" them.
It ended in tragedy. They got so tame that the day a blue heron came fishing in my yard they came swimming up to greet him and. . .
You certainly are brave. Don't know if I had the courage to pick up a snapping turtle (none around
here). Sorry about your koi and goldfish.
We do that also. Here they are snapping turtles and you have to be quick. Those ill-tempered beasts can stretch their necks all the way around and snap you if you aren't. Makes me feel like Rodney Dangerfield.
Also if they are sufficiently irritated they will urinate and you've not smelled nothing 'til you've smelled snapping turtle whiz.
I had koi and goldfish that would come when I called them. They'd also let me "pet" them.
I trained them for the amusement of the neighborhood kids.
It ended in tragedy. They got so tame that the day a blue heron came fishing in my yard they came swimming up to greet him and. . .
We researched koi ponds in Atlanta for 3 years before building ours. We had them dug 4.5 ft deep with lots of rocks and hidey places for them as we found out loss to heron was pretty common. We started out with about 15 and 20 years later we had about 35. They live a long time. They come to food not so much people and when you hand feed them they know the routine. They responded to the sound or feel of our foot steps. We always had a dog or two with us and they even swam up to the dogs expecting to be fed. We pet them and named them and really loved them. We sold that house 6 years ago and I often wonder if they are being properly cared for. Probably not.
we had lots of heron visit our ponds. I kept a metal spoon and cookie sheet at the back door to run out there and try to scare them away. The heron would just look at me and slowly amble away. I don't think we ever lost any to heron. The raccoon tried to get to them too but we made it impossible for them to get eaten unless something was actually willing to swim in the ponds and dive pretty deep. Never saw it happen.
Whenever we saw turtles on the road we would put them in our Turtle Box we kept in the car for transporting them back to our large and friendly yard.
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