Turtle emergency!

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Turtle emergency!, originally uploaded by qwrrty.

Found this guy on the Minuteman in Lexington. Tried to figure out who to call for about 15 minutes without success, until he eventually started lumbering back off the path by himself. Hope he made it!

Comments

[ghislaine.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure that's a snapping turtle. Glad you didn't try to pick it up!

[qwrrty.livejournal.com]

It didn't look to me like a snapping turtle, but I reasoned:

(a) How the hell would I know?
(b) I would rather not be wrong.

So I chose life.

[candle-light.livejournal.com]

Excellent answer. When in doubt, choose life. :-)

That's quite a decent sized turtle, who I also think is a snapping turtle. Keeping ones fingers is good plan. I have Billerica Animal Control programmed into my cell phone now, after some close encounters with critters over the years.