1. Get up at 5:45am to walk with Calinda (We do this 5 days a week.) Whoops 6:20 will have to do today!
2. 30 minutes into the walk see what looks like debris in the middle of the road the opposite way you are walking
3. Go check it out anyway only to find out that it is a LARGE (10-15lb) snapping turtle just sitting in the middle of the road.
4. Feel bad for the turtle that it is going to get run over sitting in the middle of the road
5. Arm workout (no weights today!) carrying the turtle 1/2 mile to where we thought we could release it only to look again that it wasn't such a great spot.
6. Leave Calinda with the turtle, run (yes I did RUN) home with the dog and get the car to pick up Calinda and the turtle.
7. Load turtle into the car, go home and show kids and Niels
8. Drive to nature trail in our subdivision to release turtle into the creek (now a full family affair)
Since Calinda got here in May she has been asking if we could go "turtle hunting" to try and find a turtle she could see. Looks like he found us!
As a side note I didn't realize that turtles have such long claws! This guy held his back feet on my hands pretty much the whole way I carried him and when he needed a break you knew it!
1 comment:
We used to find snapping turtles all the time in New Hampshire and it was always so exciting. Good for you for taking it somewhere safe, I love people that HELP animals rather than hurt or tease them! Great pictures!
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