This male Box Turtle had a narrow escape today. I was coming back from Home Depot and spotted him upside down right in the middle of a very busy Rt. 50. By the time I slammed the brakes on and pulled off to the side, the light in back of me had changed and both lanes of the road were filled with onrushing cars, several of which drove over him. By the time I ran back to where he was, waving one oncoming car over to the next lane (the driver looked at me as though I was insane), he'd been clipped and was upright again. Amazingly enough, he was untouched. He's in a box right now at home and will be released shortly in a safer spot.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Narrow Escape
This male Box Turtle had a narrow escape today. I was coming back from Home Depot and spotted him upside down right in the middle of a very busy Rt. 50. By the time I slammed the brakes on and pulled off to the side, the light in back of me had changed and both lanes of the road were filled with onrushing cars, several of which drove over him. By the time I ran back to where he was, waving one oncoming car over to the next lane (the driver looked at me as though I was insane), he'd been clipped and was upright again. Amazingly enough, he was untouched. He's in a box right now at home and will be released shortly in a safer spot.
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