I saved a Turtle from certain death a minute ago

[Benevolent_Rabbit]

I was on my way home for lunch, when much to my surprise, I spotted a huge turtle walking across the road. This is a semi-busy road, with cars, trucks and semi's going by all the time. I know in my heart of hearts that many of these travelers have rage, anger, and maybe even murder in their hearts. This was not a time for thought - it was a time for action!

I stopped my car in the lane I was in with the flashers on, walked out, picked up the turtle and carried him to the edge of the road where he could disappear into some trees. I also survived to tell this harrowing tale, and feel pretty good about the outcome. Now time to return to work .


Any other tales of great heroism amongst my fellow DU'ers?

[LuLu550]

1. Thank you!

As a turtle lover from way back, I thank you for saving the life of that wonderful creature! :loveya:
LuLu

[THUNDER HANDS]

2. YAY!!!

I love turtles. I had five of them as a kid...all named Yertle, except for the last one, named Max.

:)

Very cool.

[liberalitch]

4. what made max different?

.

[THUNDER HANDS]

25. what made him different

Was that I had him the same time I had Yertle IV.

You can't go around having TWO turtles named Yertle, now.

That's just CRAZY!

:)

[liberalitch]

3. A little good karma goes a long way....

no tales of heroism
we just have this huge gray cat that came up the drive way one night and he's been here ever since....
I think he digs the liberal discussion.

[short bus president]

5. I nearly lost a finger

trying to help out a burly snapper in the same way. Ended up sort of just kicking him across the road, which may not seem very nice, but at least he avoided smooshing!

[XanaDUer]

12. Hello!

My turtle-saving hero! O8)

[short bus president]

14. aw, shucks!

I'm sure most people here wouldn't have missed my typing finger as much as I would've. ;-)

[XanaDUer]

16. I was going to put up a heart

but I don't see them anymore in the smilies' look-up table.

[short bus president]

19. That's OK

:9

Here's a big, sloppy freedom kiss for you, anyway!

[XanaDUer]

23. LOL!

n/t.

[LuLu550]

15. watch out for snapping turtles

They are the "thugs" of the turtle world.
LuLu

[short bus president]

28. but they are

awfully cute when they're little! And nasty as they are when they're full-grown and weigh a couple hundred pounds, I still couldn't bring myself to make soup out of one.

[tuck]

6. hey .. so did i!

just last week -- saved one from certain tirey doom

as onw who shares a bond with all of turtlekind, thank you thankyou thank you!

[VelmaD]

7. that was...

beautiful man.

*sniffles*

Darth Velma

[ScreamingMeemie]

8. Way to go... I just saved my family from a bunch of invading ants...

and they looked like they meant business this time!!

[Lady Freedom]

9. Good work...

:)

[XanaDUer]

10. We saved a mouse

two weeks ago. A fellow tenant dumped out some white mice, for whatever dumb reason, and I got the last one not picked off by the feral cats.
He is now well fed and running around his fish tank.

[dani]

11. good job

I've done the same thing several times. Many years ago when I was driving I swerved to miss a turtle that was crossing the road, but the inattentive driver behind me didn't see it and it went CRACK! Ever since I've always stopped to help turtles cross the road.

[roguevalley]

13. I love turtles. They are god's special emmissaries on the earth.

You did good. Anyone who can help an animal is sure to
go to heaven.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

17. ~smooooooooooooooooooooooch~

My hero/heroine!

Bless your heart! :loveya:

[XanaDUer]

18. Hey-how'd ya do that smiley heart?

n/t.

[SoCalDem]

24. when you hit reply, look for this...click it

Smilies lookup table

then just click on the one you want to use in your post ..:bounce:

[XanaDUer]

26. thanks!

I will look again, did not see the heart one before.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

37. :loveya: is what you type in the message line...

:loveya:

[Superfly]

20. Ummm, hate to tell you this...

but turtles often climb up onto raods to warm their bodies so they can LIVE.

So, now, there's probably some turtle shivering his ass off, thinking it's going to take him until tomorrow to get back to the road.

Let nature takes its course.

B

[THUNDER HANDS]

27. let nature take it's course?

How natural is it to have a 2,000-lb vechile run over your sundbathing spot?

:mad:

[Superfly]

29. About as natural

to see wildlife on asphalt.

[THUNDER HANDS]

30. well

I'm sure the turtle would much rather be shivering and cold than dead.

[Superfly]

31. Yup, me, too

BTW, my first post was entirely tongue-in-cheek

[democrat in Tallahassee]

21. we have a turtle feeding station in our backyard

complete with a bathtub; we have had about 12 different ones stop by this year, with about 3 or 4 regular customers. They are wonderful. I recently inherited a box turtle as a pet, too

[SoCalDem]

22. Just so long as it was not the post turtle....

When I was in Kansas, we rescued them all the time.. I guess they were attracted by the heated asphalt, but sometimes there would be a "herd" of them, so we would stop and move them to the other side..

In Calif, NOTHING makes it across the roads:(.. and the desert tortoises are almost gone too :(

[JitterbugPerfume]

36. The channel behind my house

is full of turtles and toads , and I love them one and all. I leave about two feet of lawn unmowed for them to have a "safety zone"


yesterday I removed three spders form my house (in a paper cup) and put them in the flower garden, does that count?

That big ole lazy cat lying at my feet was a stray one upon a time, but you wouldn't dare tell HER that

[Skittles]

32. MAKE SURE YOU ALWAYS TAKE TURTLES IN THE DIRECTION THEY ARE HEADING

otherwise they will turn around and head straight back into the danger area!

[THUNDER HANDS]

33. what if you blindfold them and spin em around?

works for me at birthday parties.

:evilgrin:

[Superfly]

35. That's when all turtles become "snappy"

playing spin-the-turtle can be hazardous to your health.

Edit: spelling

[commander bunnypants]

34. Thanks

You are hero.

But :wtf: is up with all the close calls with the weapons with four wheels

DEMMAN