Good Turtle Karma

[Andrea]

I stopped and helped a turtle out today. It was wandering in the street in a new neighborhood where each side of the street had barrier fence up, so it was very lost in trying to get to an opening where it could be off of the asphalt! It hissed at me, but I pointed out to it that there were several others up & down the street that weren't so lucky...

What about you guys? Stop? Keep going? Take them home & make them pets? I always stop- to the point that the guys I normally ride with know to watch for me to slow down & U turn...

[withm]

Here we have problems with turtles crossing a busy highway to lay eggs... the naturalists say to pick them up and deposit them on the other side of the road (snow fence) IN THE DIRECTION they were originally traveling. This could mean crossing 4 lanes of traffic where the speed limit is 55 but the traffic moves closer to 70mph. Thus, I've never attempted to expedite a turtle crossing the road; usually they are already pancakes when I see them. If I saw one on a different road, I would not hesitate, but I have to draw the line on the highway.

[Blueberry]

I've moved more than a few (but thankfully not on a 4 lane road). I mostly help box turtled - not a fan of snapping turtles.

CA

[Zen]

I'm with CA, boxes yes, snappers...

[madscot13]

you know you are faster than snapping turtles.

I have not seen a turtle crossing the road in a long time. I would have to stop the urge to bring it home. I love turtles.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I move the snappers too....even the big ones. You just have to grab their tail faster than they can spin around.