11-02-2024, 03:11 PM
(10-31-2024, 10:58 AM)jaded Wrote: At least you stopped!
Was told yrs ago you grab a snapper by the tail, but I'm sure there's a "more correct" way since they ARE like tanks & pretty hefty. The funny thing about turtles is, bending is a "issue". Heheheheheh!!!
The Painted Turtle I had was quite the pistol.
Per normal, as critters are wont to do, if they disagree with you your gonna get peed on.
She was so cute!!
She tried an got her little lecture. OMG!!! You can't bend!!! How did you think that was gonna work??? Hahahahaha!! Nice try! Like a Beardy the stink-eye was epic.
Put her on my lap & continued "mocking" Awwww did you run out of pee? Totally didn't think this thru did you?
I can't help it. Adore all critters however their behaviors just crack me up. Appreciate your concern for the Frog Road Block. I'd of been the moron who got run over as I was trying to "sweep" them off the road. Vehicle with Flashers on, mangled human with squished frogs & broom as First Responder's puzzle just exactly wtf?
(yes my road-kit is weird. broom, scraper, windex,paper towels, disposable gloves, box cutter, electrical tape, zippered cooler. Some Cop is gonna have a field day on a traffic stop!)
Maybe, depending on the surface(like grass or dirt), you might be able to drag it a bit by the tail if it's only a few feet, but I don't think I would actually try to completely lift one of the larger ones by the tail alone. Dragging it by the tail a short ways though (if possible) does seem like it would create a safer distance. My idea was to just get my hands around the shell near the rear and just pick it up and move it, but after the first attempt, I knew it wasn't going to be easy – it was apparently more agile in coming around at me than I had anticipated.
The "pee" thing is funny though. I can recall picking up toads as a kid and they would do that, or a certain cat that got upset with me once and peed on my computer chair. I guess they only have limited ways of expressing their emotions.
I feel like I'm seeing far too many dead animals on the roads these days. Maybe it's because I drive a lot more; people aren't paying attention (or both). Sometimes it's unavoidable, but most times it isn't. I recall driving 25 MPH through a nature reserve last year and out of nowhere this deer just throws itself up onto my hood. The deer was fine, and it just ran off without skipping a beat. I remember thinking: "Wow, that was just like the insurance scam I've been seeing in videos lately.".
