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Little Lost Traveler

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“Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.”

James Bryant Conant




This Stingray rescued a little lost traveling turtle the other day. :D

This box turtle was skittering across my driveway while I was mowing, and nearly got run over by the neighbor's lawn mowing contractor who didn't see him trying to get away. Stupid dude on the industrial sized mower from next door wasn't supposed to come over to my driveway at all, but he was turning his mower around and I just so happened to see the turtle that he was coming close to running over. I put my mower in the way to make him stop, jumped off and picked up the turtle and put him on my carport. Poor little thing had to have been burning up on the hot concrete trying to run for safety, and he was far from the creek where he should have been. I dumped out my water bucket, put the turtle in it, moved my mower while fussing at the guy, and then took my new shelled friend back to the creek in my backyard where he'd be safe, and snapped a few photos of him. :love:
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Miss-MadKat-Pirate's avatar
Aaaww, he's a real cutie. I'm sure he appreciates you giving him a safe ride home away from pesky lawn mowers. :D