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In reply to the discussion: Yesterday [View all]matt819
(10,749 posts)37. I know what you mean
A couple of Sundays ago my daughter and I were driving along a fairy busy state highway - speed limit at that spot is 50 mph. People are pretty good about not speeding, but still, the traffic is moving. So there we were, coming to a stop in the middle of the highway - no cross roads, just stopped cars, on both sides, east and west. As we get closer, we see the reason - a mother turkey and her babies were crossing the road. These little ones looked like they were just born; they were a riot, tripping all over themselves, with the mother circling around to make sure they were all accounted for. It was ridiculously cute, and no one was honking or impatient. I've seen the same thing around here with turtles.
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We have frequent major geese crossings in Northern Colorado, especially Fort Collins...
hlthe2b
Aug 2013
#2
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maddiemom
Aug 2013
#83
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maddiemom
Aug 2013
#87
I met this guy on the road. I took his pic before helping him into a ditch.
GliderGuider
Aug 2013
#20
The second best part of your story (besides the happy ending for the turtle)
Boomerproud
Aug 2013
#31
here in the Northwest drivers often wave or flash lights to alert other drivers of deer near the
liberal_at_heart
Aug 2013
#35
k and r--THANK YOU for reminding us that the world is not entirely ugly, that there are so many
niyad
Aug 2013
#38
It is this majority of good-hearted, vulnerable folks that the 1% is using/taking advantage of...n/t
hue
Aug 2013
#44
Snapping turtles live so long in natural surroundings it is a shame for them to get smashed by a car
postulater
Aug 2013
#67
There was a 100 lb alligator snapping turtle pulled from a local lake in Fullerton....
Spitfire of ATJ
Aug 2013
#68
Most people here go out of their way to run over a turtle in the middle of the road.
alarimer
Aug 2013
#75