Monday, July 26, 2010

Re: [CHICKENS-101] OT: helping turtles across the road

 

That's just plain funny. I think you scared the piss outa him though.

On Mon, 2010-07-26 at 12:21 -0500, Pope, Amy wrote:
> I just wanted to throw in my 2-cents. And this may have already been posted (because I haven't totally caught up on reading all my digests from the group from this weekend:-))
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> The last time I stopped to help a turtle cross over (it was in a very high-traffic area), I picked up the "little guy", and started to cross the road with him...I discovered that ordinary (non-snapping) turtles have a weird defense mechanism. This little fella had a defense that defied the laws of physics! He peed like a fire hydrant at me. One little turtle... and I was suddenly COVERED in pee. It seemed like a bucket had been poured on me. I was wet from top to bottom. :-(
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> It's made me very cautious about turtles. Not that I fear being doused...but I was wearing a business suit, and it was my lunch hour. So from now on, I'll point the turtle with his/her "business end" away from me. :-/
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