Another Action-Packed Turtle Video

I like turtles. Im that guy that stops in the middle of the street and helps the turtle across the road.
 
The turtles think their "land" environment is pretty boring...
 
PaulS said:
Careful, those things can give you salmonella.
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Oddly enough, I've been handling reptiles and amphibians for more than 50 years and never caught it. I think I must be immune because a fairly large percentage of cold-blooded animals do carry the bacteria. I probably built up an immunity from all those dives I ate in when I used to work the night shift in New York City.

Rich
 
Everskyward said:
The turtles think their "land" environment is pretty boring...
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You'd be surprised how much time they spend up there when they feel more secure and they think no one's watching. They don't quite grasp the concept of cameras.

Rich
 
RJM62 said:
Oddly enough, I've been handling reptiles and amphibians for more than 50 years and never caught it. I think I must be immune because a fairly large percentage of cold-blooded animals do carry the bacteria. I probably built up an immunity from all those dives I ate in when I used to work the night shift in New York City.

Rich
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Not sure you can build up immunity to salmonella, may have more to do with the places you get the animals from. Every turtle I every had, 2 or 3, ended up lost then found dead under a carpet or piece of furniture. It's amazing how good of escape artists those guys are.
 
PaulS said:
Not sure you can build up immunity to salmonella, may have more to do with the places you get the animals from. Every turtle I every had, 2 or 3, ended up lost then found dead under a carpet or piece of furniture. It's amazing how good of escape artists those guys are.
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Turtle Source in Fort Meyers, Florida is my usual source for turtles. Expensive, but excellent.

Rich
 
I have seen turtles crossing the road all my life and never saw one flattened by a vehicle until last summer. I think some people run them over for the hell of it. Can't understand that. Now a squirrel, that's a different matter.
 
N659HB said:
I have seen turtles crossing the road all my life and never saw one flattened by a vehicle until last summer. I think some people run them over for the hell of it. Can't understand that. Now a squirrel, that's a different matter.
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I see about a hundred a year, literally. Worst I saw was a huge, and I mean huge (probably 2 foot diameter shell) snapping turtle trying to cross a divided highway. He was stuck against a jersey barrier, in a very dangerous to stop spot. I came back the other way and saw a small sedan disabled from hitting it and blood and guts splattered everywhere.

The others I see while riding my bicycle. I "help" about a half dozen a year across streets, but the carnage is real.
 
I've helped many West Texas tortoises across the road. The last one was as large as a dang Army helmet - it might've won the battle against a Fiat 500 or a Mini.
 
Going out to dinner one night with the wife, we came across a painted turtle butted up against a curb heading towards a mall - I dutifully pulled over, hoisted said turtle back towards wildness - for which it thanked me by emptying its bladder all down my pants leg. Plans for date night cancelled.
Be careful out there.
 
wrbix said:
Going out to dinner one night with the wife, we came across a painted turtle butted up against a curb heading towards a mall - I dutifully pulled over, hoisted said turtle back towards wildness - for which it thanked me by emptying its bladder all down my pants leg. Plans for date night cancelled.
Be careful out there.
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Yeah, they are ungrateful little bastages!
 
JCranford said:
Yeah, they are ungrateful little bastages!
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Well, in their minds, they had this covered, one little obstacle, and WOOOOSH, out of the blue, some HUGE scary creature lunges for them, hoists them thousands of feet in the air, and puts them waaaaaaaaay off course.

I'd be "****ed" too!
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I'm sure afterwards, they go to their turtle friends and say "brother, you will NOT believe what just happened to me!"

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"What did it do when you peed on its leg?"

"Absolutely nothing! I stared him in the eye doing it too, I think I had him scared. I think it was going to make soup out of me, but saw how crazy scary I could be, and gave up while the getting was good."
 
I was out jogging once and found a turtle butting up against a vertical curb at the edge of the busy 6 lane street adjacent to "my" sidewalk. There was nowhere for him to go even if I lifted him out of the street and onto a patch of grass. 99% chance he'd have been back in the street in 10 minutes.

I probably looked pretty funny jogging the 2 miles back home carrying a turtle...
 
JCranford said:
Yeah, they are ungrateful little bastages!
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kayoh190 said:
I've gone around for a turtle on the runway - the airliner in front of me reported a big one right off the centerline as they were rolling out. I said '**** it' and broke off the approach until the airport ops people could get the poor turtle back to safety. I'm pretty sure my passengers still think I was completely FOS. :)
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If it was at JFK, probably not. At least not the New Yorkers. It's kind of SOP there.

Rich
 
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