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Saw a turtle get run over

Posted on 10/3/19 at 12:02 pm
Posted by Mud_Till_May
Member since Aug 2014
9685 posts
Posted on 10/3/19 at 12:02 pm
I tried to run out and grab it. It was in the middle of the road. A ford 350 work truck came through and clipped the front of it catapulting it up into the air. I turned it over and the head had been decapitated and its face was still on the road.

I came back an hour later and looked at the body. Flys had already started landing in its severed head.

I poked the leg to see if rigamortis had set in and it was still alive. He had movement in all legs but didnt have the power to run away.

Posted by red sox fan 13
Valley Park
Member since Aug 2018
19239 posts
Posted on 10/3/19 at 12:03 pm to
Well damn. Sucks for the turtle
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
93541 posts
Posted on 10/3/19 at 12:05 pm to
quote:

I came back an hour later


after going home to make a roux

quote:

I poked the leg to see if rigamortis had set in and it was still alive.


and I gave praise to the Lord at what a great supper we gone have tonight!
Posted by TigerDeacon
West Monroe, LA
Member since Sep 2003
29900 posts
Posted on 10/3/19 at 12:06 pm to
quote:

I turned it over and the head had been decapitated and its face was still on the road.

I came back an hour later and looked at the body.


Posted by JetsetNuggs
Member since Jun 2014
15612 posts
Posted on 10/3/19 at 12:06 pm to
Posted by Mud_Till_May
Member since Aug 2014
9685 posts
Posted on 10/3/19 at 12:07 pm to
When I saw it get hit, my first reaction was to throw my hands up and say no. There was nothing I could do. I couldnt be a paramedic that would be too stressful.
Posted by bricksandstones
Member since Nov 2015
1712 posts
Posted on 10/3/19 at 12:07 pm to
I tried to move one out of the middle of the road a few months back and the sucker sent a projectile piss stream right at me, which I luckily was able to dodged. I flung that fricker into the roadside ditch. That's what you get for trying to help.
Posted by Hold That Tiger 10
Member since Oct 2013
25877 posts
Posted on 10/3/19 at 12:08 pm to


You have an opportunity to rebuild this turtle and make it stronger than ever. Do the right thing.
Posted by Zanzibaw
BR
Member since Jun 2016
2954 posts
Posted on 10/3/19 at 12:08 pm to
quote:

I came back an hour later and looked at the body. Flys had already started landing in its severed head.


You lost me here. This is where it got weird.
Posted by Mud_Till_May
Member since Aug 2014
9685 posts
Posted on 10/3/19 at 12:10 pm to
The vet is right down the street too.
Posted by Topwater Trout
Red Stick
Member since Oct 2010
70176 posts
Posted on 10/3/19 at 12:10 pm to
quote:

head had been decapitated and its face was still on the road.


quote:

I came back an hour later


quote:

I poked the leg to see if rigamortis had set in and it was still alive. He had movement in all legs but didnt have the power to run away.


Posted by TDsngumbo
Member since Oct 2011
51607 posts
Posted on 10/3/19 at 12:19 pm to
quote:

I came back an hour later and looked at the body.


quote:

Flys had already started landing in its severed head.


quote:

I poked the leg to see if rigamortis had set in.

This post was edited on 10/3/19 at 12:21 pm
Posted by VolsOut4Harambe
Baw Land
Member since Sep 2017
14912 posts
Posted on 10/3/19 at 12:19 pm to
quote:

I poked the leg to see if rigamortis had set in and it was still alive. He had movement in all legs but didnt have the power to run away.



Posted by BPTiger
Atlanta
Member since Oct 2011
6295 posts
Posted on 10/3/19 at 12:20 pm to
Posted by CollegeFBRules
Member since Oct 2008
25755 posts
Posted on 10/3/19 at 12:21 pm to
Shiny hook, many will bite.
Posted by Spasweezy
Unfortunately, Louisiana
Member since Jan 2014
7268 posts
Posted on 10/3/19 at 12:22 pm to
Get a “Get well soon” balloon for it and tie it on his arm.
Posted by The Pirate King
Pangu
Member since May 2014
69693 posts
Posted on 10/3/19 at 12:23 pm to
Thanks for ruining my Thursday
Posted by noonan
Nassau Bay, TX
Member since Aug 2005
37016 posts
Posted on 10/3/19 at 12:27 pm to
quote:

it was still alive.


quote:

head had been decapitated


Sorry, but it wasn't still alive.
Posted by terriblegreen
Spokane, LA
Member since Aug 2011
12453 posts
Posted on 10/3/19 at 12:27 pm to
quote:

the head had been decapitated


If this is the case, it wasn't alive. Reptiles will have movement in extremities for quite a while after death.
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
93541 posts
Posted on 10/3/19 at 12:28 pm to
quote:

Reptiles will have movement in extremities for quite a while after death.


and will still charge the hell out of you!
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