Topic: Do you help turtles cross the road?

[Kenzo1979]

Always stop to help turtles.  Growing up my grandfather would bring me box turtles as pets and I continued to have a fascination for reptiles and amphibians.  Saved a lot of painted turtles right behind my work as well as snappers.  Seen a lot of casualties too.  Occasionally some diamondbacks near the shore.  Gotta evaluate the situation though: not gonna risk my life for one.


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[fmctm1sw]

The duck article seemed to imply the lady just stopped right in the middle of the road.  I'm a helper but I definitely get clear of traffic first.  I don't even run over snakes.  I was jogging one day and carried a big snappin' turtle across the road.  A guy in a truck pulled up to me and asked me if I was crazy.  I had him by the shell way back by the tail though.  I got to admit it did startle me when he snapped.

[demon78]

Well apparently it's a good thing to do, a Provincial cabinet minister stopped to help a woman get a turtle across the street in Winnipeg and after the thing was accomplished drivers clapped and cheered. So some politicians have heart.
Bill the demon.

[fmctm1sw]

Reminds me...  I also fish frogs and toads and an occasional snake out of my swimming pool too.  The only thing that has felt my wrath so far was a rat.  I scooped him up on the skimmer net and launched him up into the air towards the fence.  He didn't clear it so I scooped him up again while he was still stunned and heaved him over.  Oh, and spiders feel my wrath too.  I'm terrified of spiders...

[70CB750]

The duck article seemed to imply the lady just stopped right in the middle of the road.  I'm a helper but I definitely get clear of traffic first.  I don't even run over snakes.  I was jogging one day and carried a big snappin' turtle across the road.  A guy in a truck pulled up to me and asked me if I was crazy.  I had him by the shell way back by the tail though.  I got to admit it did startle me when he snapped.

Amazing how far snapper can reach his back, isn't it?

This is one of the small ones I found in our backyard.