The Turtle

A snapping turtle tried to pull down a gosling yesterday, over at Mitzi's pond. Luckily a guy named Todd was there. Todd grabbed a big pole and wailed on the turtle with forceful vehemence, rescuing the gosling, who came ashore to rejoin sibs and honking parents. Falling in line, the gosling walked with a decided limp.
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Anonymous said…
omg. Those snapping turtles are m.e.a.n. My brothers use to catch them and put them in garbage cans. They'd thrash around. At the zoo yesterday we saw a gibbon grab hold of a peacocks feathers and practically swing him around. Why would a peacock be in the gibbon cage we all wondered.
9:15 AM
LH said…
That's kind of mean to put them in trash cans, but that's brothers for you.

And I've been noticing the mixing of the species in zoos lately. Not sure it's a good trend.
12:57 PM
KC said…
i'm awake because the baby is crying. and there wasn't even a snapping turtle in his crib.
11:35 PM
LH said…
He needs more toys in there, I think.
7:00 AM
Anonymous said…
The duck parents that nest in the "cee-ment pond" at my office every year have -- so far anyway -- managed to hold onto all 13 ducklings. How they've held the cats and hawks at bay, we're not really sure. Usually, the number of ducklings dwindles over time.

New problem is these duckies have become quite the "tourist attraction." Last week there was what must have been some sort of moms' play date group hanging out on the bridge over the pond.

Problem? Some of the toddler-holding-moms left the bridge and were edging ever further into the nesting area. Geez, people! Leave the wildlife alone! I was wishing and hoping the parent ducks would attack.

They didn't. At least not while I was watching from my third floor window. Too bad.

mary
7:24 PM
LH said…
Mar,
I'm with you. leave the wildlife alone. Look, but maintain a respectful distance. That's basic wildlife 1A.

And, If you absolutely NEEd to put a snapping turtle in a trash can, return it later to its proper home.

I'm loving summer, btw.
9:46 AM
Anonymous said…
At annual Memorial Day camping event, eldest Chidlaw daughter caught a crawdad while river-walking and put it in a bucket at our campsite for about 24 hours. I really wasn't sure why keeping it in a bucket was necessary. She did return it to its native environment before we departed said campsite though.

mary
9:27 PM
lee said…
Janet's kiddo has a crawdad as a pet now. It's called Arthur.
2:40 PM
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