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re: Have you ever helped a turtle cross a road?
Posted on 5/25/15 at 11:37 pm to lsu480
Posted on 5/25/15 at 11:37 pm to lsu480
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No but I waited for about 10 minutes last week for over 100 ducks and geese with tons of babies to cross the road by Nurses house the other morning.
Jody lives out west, too?
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Posted on 5/25/15 at 11:37 pm to weagle99
Never helped them across, but I've talked several out of going. It feels good every time.
Posted on 5/25/15 at 11:59 pm to weagle99
Yes, last year in my neighborhood.
I'm trying to make up for my bad turtle karma I earned years ago while at LSU. Heading down Highway 71 out of Bunkie in a low-riding old Honda Civic, I came to a HUGE turtle (15-18 inches long) while driving 65+ mph. Because I'd had a bad accident on that road the prior year, I didn't swerve, hoping my car undercarriage would clear him-- but it didn't. I checked my rearview to see him flying up in the air in one big chunk and lots of little chunks. A tear or two was shed.
Started taking I-49 exclusively after that, my conscience couldn't take more road kill.
I'm trying to make up for my bad turtle karma I earned years ago while at LSU. Heading down Highway 71 out of Bunkie in a low-riding old Honda Civic, I came to a HUGE turtle (15-18 inches long) while driving 65+ mph. Because I'd had a bad accident on that road the prior year, I didn't swerve, hoping my car undercarriage would clear him-- but it didn't. I checked my rearview to see him flying up in the air in one big chunk and lots of little chunks. A tear or two was shed.
Started taking I-49 exclusively after that, my conscience couldn't take more road kill.
Posted on 5/26/15 at 12:08 am to weagle99
Nope. I swerve into them.
Posted on 5/26/15 at 12:10 am to weagle99
I have! In fact, after I finished with the turtle, I went over and kicked the chicken across
Posted on 5/26/15 at 7:35 pm to weagle99
I kid you not, i found a stray turtle on a golf course that somehow made it about a half mile away from the lake on the course. I approached the turtle and he was stuck on a rock and his legs couldn't reach the ground. He had made a hole in the dirt about a half dollar diameter and about 3 inches deep( i assumed he was trying to piss super hard to help in become unstuck otherwise there wouldn't be such a dramatic indention from the urine)
Anyways.... i pick him up and put him on the floor of my cart and proceed to drive him to the lake. As soon as i touched him he tucked into his shell and just chilled.... i was about 50 yards to the lake and had to cross a bridge and as soon as i reached the bridge i must have startled the little guy because he launched out and started scurrying and ran right up under my break pedal. i ended up coming to a safe stop and releasing the turtle back into his lake.
im still waiting for the good karma to catch up with me on the hole i saved him on.
Anyways.... i pick him up and put him on the floor of my cart and proceed to drive him to the lake. As soon as i touched him he tucked into his shell and just chilled.... i was about 50 yards to the lake and had to cross a bridge and as soon as i reached the bridge i must have startled the little guy because he launched out and started scurrying and ran right up under my break pedal. i ended up coming to a safe stop and releasing the turtle back into his lake.
im still waiting for the good karma to catch up with me on the hole i saved him on.
Posted on 5/26/15 at 7:47 pm to weagle99
Snapping turtle just a week ago. It was about 15 inches on the shell from neck to butt. Good sized mutha!
Posted on 5/26/15 at 7:51 pm to BigPerm30
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No, but I've helped a chicken. Although, I'm not sure why he had to cross the road.
Posted on 5/26/15 at 7:54 pm to weagle99
Yep
Posted on 5/26/15 at 8:15 pm to weagle99
No but did retrieve a huge one out of my parents pool when I was stopping by their house a few weekends ago. I threw it as far and high as I could into the lake behind their house. Solid splashdown
Posted on 5/26/15 at 8:30 pm to Ed Osteen
Helped a big 'ol red ear cross the road in the neighborhood after work last week. Dude took off as soon as I touched him
Posted on 5/26/15 at 8:32 pm to weagle99
Yes, several times. My kids consider our vehicle the turtle aid brigade
Posted on 5/26/15 at 8:32 pm to weagle99
One of my most horrific memories as a child was when my aunt accidentally ran over a box turtle and we stopped and got out to check on it and it was a pregnant box turtle and her little box turtle eggs were everywhere and me and my cousin were crying because we wanted to save the baby turtles. Thanks for the memories Tensas Parish.
Posted on 5/26/15 at 8:34 pm to TigerPox
Wow that's the saddest thing I've read in a while man
Posted on 5/26/15 at 8:35 pm to TigerPox
Well ok then
Posted on 5/26/15 at 8:39 pm to Spankum
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saw an alligator crossing a few days back, but he was on his own..
I actually "helped" an alligator across the road a few years ago. I didn't know what was lying in the road, but as I approached I could tell it was an alligator. Traffic was minimal, so I got out to check him out. As I approached he began to waddle off into the bayou on the other side of the road.
Every so often I see a dead one on the road and wonder what that collision must have been like...
Posted on 5/26/15 at 9:06 pm to weagle99
Occasionally. Had an old uncle that was an avid trotliner. Ran over every one he saw. Said that one wouldn't steal his bait again,
Posted on 5/26/15 at 9:09 pm to weagle99
I've made a reasonable effort to not hit them, so yes.
Posted on 5/26/15 at 9:26 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Passed a huge snapper that just got plasted on the highway and picked up a terapin on my road and set him loose in the woods.
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