Good Turtle Karma

[KSH]

OH, I would save it and put it in a safe spot.

A few years back I was driving to school one day and I saw a turtle on a busy road. I didn't know where to drop him off so I took him to my classes with me (in a box).

Once I was done, I went out to try to figure out where to take him. I went to the aquarium, but they said he wasn't a sea water turtle. So I took him to the botanical gardens. They said there are tons of turtles out there and he would have friends.

[7rider]

I've moved snappers. Hadn't had the opportunity to move a box (although I have spotted them in my yard).
DH one time spotted a big snake in the road. He turned around to go move it off the road, and while we were riding back to it, a big SUV passed us. And in moving out wider to avoid us (the cyclists), the SUV hit the snake! I'll never forget seeing the snake's body bounce up in the air like that. DH was a basket case! He was sooooo upset! I don't think he forgives himself to this day. (Personally, I think the snake was dead before we saw it, but he swears it wasn't.)

[Andrea]

^ I always shoo snakes off of the trail if I'm out running & they aren't already retreating to the bushes. If it's Spring or Fall, sometimes they get chilly & don't want to go. In that state, they're likely to get stepped on or run over by a MTB!
Either that or someone will stop & kill them on purpose