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Saved a turtle today...
- I saw a Red Eared Slider today on my way to work in the middle of the road.
started by TRICKPaint
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June 19th 2009 at 12:21 AM
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TRICKPaint
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I turned back, put on my hazards and snagged him up off the road before he got hit. I saw a pond about 100 yards away. Figured he was heading back to it, so i let him go next to the pond. He dove right in:)
Feels good to help out a cool little guy like that.
He was a good size for a Slider' (Maybe about the size of a Nurf football?)
Here are some pictures of them. You may have had one as a pet when you were a kid?
https://logan-biotech.wikispaces.com/fil...Slider.jpg
http://www.fototime.com/A5CDC5C662F044A4...andard.jpg
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June 19th 2009 at 12:56 AM
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RMK-KING
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We have saved a couple of those from the road as well. Kept them as pets for a few days when younger,always got bored with the turtles dull personality though and turned it loose again. 
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June 19th 2009 at 10:16 AM
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firecatF5
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Haha yea we had them as pets too, then let 'em go after about a week. lol
we also saved a duckling from the road one time, as its mother had been hit by a car.
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June 19th 2009 at 12:01 PM
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i had 2 of them as pets until mine got loose in the lake at my aunts, now we only have my sisters. There cool little animals, good to hear you helped the little guy out 
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June 19th 2009 at 1:03 PM
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Rock
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PETA would be proud!!!
Maybe you will get a visit from Pam Anderson.
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June 19th 2009 at 1:10 PM
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ChiefRX1
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aint those just painted turtles? lol
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June 19th 2009 at 10:39 PM
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TRICKPaint
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Quote originally posted by ChiefRX1
aint those just painted turtles? lol
Yep', they are called that also.
Quote originally posted by Rock
PETA would be proud!!!
Maybe you will get a visit from Pam Anderson.
If that plays out, I'm going to start saving turtles 24/7:)
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June 19th 2009 at 10:47 PM
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I always stop to help out a turtle in the road haha. It is just not fair that the little guys are so slow.. it is inevitable that they will die crossing.
I remember as a kid my dad stopping to get one across... as soon as he picked it up it pissed all over him! I swear it was like a 4 foot stream! Man was that funny!
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June 28th 2009 at 9:27 PM
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FROSTBITE
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I wish I would have known sooner ,We could of had turtle soup and beer. 
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June 28th 2009 at 9:57 PM
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had a baby snapper once.. but it got loose when i was cleaning the tank...
the other day we saw a big snapper prolly 20 in wide.. this one was crushed.its muscle was popping out of the shell in some spots..
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June 28th 2009 at 10:07 PM
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we've had 7 of them come up from the swamp and dig nests in the yard, one right next to our front steps, in about 70 days we're going to be hip deep in mud turtles!!
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June 28th 2009 at 11:04 PM
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TRICKPaint
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Quote originally posted by xINeEdSnOwIx
had a baby snapper once.. but it got loose when i was cleaning the tank...
the other day we saw a big snapper prolly 20 in wide.. this one was crushed.its muscle was popping out of the shell in some spots..
 Could it have been Gamera?...
I have grabbed a few Snapping Turtles also, on or near the road. I have relocated a couple in my two ponds also.
Fisrt task is to find a stick for them to bite. This distracts them while I grab'em by the tail and then off we go.
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June 28th 2009 at 11:37 PM
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TRICKPaint
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Quote originally posted by TRICKPaint
Quote originally posted by xINeEdSnOwIx
had a baby snapper once.. but it got loose when i was cleaning the tank...
the other day we saw a big snapper prolly 20 in wide.. this one was crushed.its muscle was popping out of the shell in some spots..
Could it have been Gamera?...
I have grabbed a few Snapping Turtles also, on or near the road. I have relocated a couple in my two ponds also.
Fisrt task is to find a stick for them to bite. This distracts them while I grab'em by the tail and then off we go.
Quote originally posted by ultrastud
we've had 7 of them come up from the swamp and dig nests in the yard, one right next to our front steps, in about 70 days we're going to be hip deep in mud turtles!!
That's pretty cool!
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