i stopped to rescue a turtle in the middle of a busy road today

Ava

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Tue Oct-14-08 10:29 PM
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i stopped to rescue a turtle in the middle of a busy road today

and i almost got hit by a car in the process, but the turtle lived for at least a day longer as a result of my "bleeding heartedness".

i've done my good deed for the day.

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fortyfeetunder

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Tue Oct-14-08 10:30 PM
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1. May you receive good karma from this Ava

you are a kind soul!

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Left Brain

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Tue Oct-14-08 10:39 PM
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2. May the Goddess bless you and yours

for a thousand years!

What a tenderheart.
Thanks for being so kind.

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Danger Mouse

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Tue Oct-14-08 10:41 PM
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3. Curses! My assassin turtle failed.

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DarkTirade

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Tue Oct-14-08 10:47 PM
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4. Yay!

:thumbsup:

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Skittles

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Tue Oct-14-08 10:53 PM
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5. did you set him down on the side he was heading?

if not he will be heading right back across that road :o

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Ava

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Tue Oct-14-08 11:00 PM
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6. i wasn't far from a wooded area with a stream

Edited on Tue Oct-14-08 11:01 PM by Ava

so i stuck him in the floorboard of the passenger seat and took him there. there are less cars there, so hopefully he'll be fine there.

and i must ask myself why i automatically refer to the turtle was a he, lol :rofl:

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Skittles

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Tue Oct-14-08 11:58 PM
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9. LOL Ava

I've put the occasional road turtle in a pond too......just BE CAREFUL on the road - realize that traffic is always moving FASTER THAN YOU THINK

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Jamastiene

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Wed Oct-15-08 03:16 AM
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13. You sound quite adept at playing in traffic.

Did your mom tell you to go play in traffic a lot when you were a kid too. Mine sure did. :P :hi:

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InvisibleTouch

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Tue Oct-14-08 11:23 PM
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7. Good for you! I've done it once, too...

...on a highway, saw him starting to walk across, and I'd already passed him. I ducked out the next exit and circled back around, and was lucky to still be able to catch him before a car ran him over. Took a few pictures and then turned him loose in a wooded area. He was most assuredly a "him," given his bright red eyes (box turtle).

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elshiva

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Tue Oct-14-08 11:40 PM
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8. Good for you.

:hug: My heroine.

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BreweryYardRat

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Wed Oct-15-08 01:13 AM
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10. Good for you.

Last turtle I saw got out of the roadway itself, but that was on a residential street.

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jobycom

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Wed Oct-15-08 02:14 AM
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11. So somewhere a turtle family is notifying the turtle cops that their pa is missing.

Look for his picture on turtle milk cartoons.

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flvegan

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Wed Oct-15-08 02:22 AM
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12. I hope you stop in response more often.

Ava, you are incredible. I don't need to promote that.

And yeah, you get to check me for a response.

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Jamastiene

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Wed Oct-15-08 03:19 AM
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14. It is a great feeling, isn't it?

Thanks for taking time to care about the little critters. :D

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MilesColtrane

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Wed Oct-15-08 03:33 AM
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15. Good.

I had the hare winning in a blowout in the office pool.

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hamsterjill

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Wed Oct-15-08 10:40 AM
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16. Good for you!

May you be the example for many others!

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