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When hubby and I came home from errands today, a huge box turtle was sitting at the edge of the driveway. If we hadn't seen him, we would have surely run over him. He is very large, about the size of a dinner plate. He now resides in my garden, but I expect he will try to find his way home as box turtles have a built in instinct to return to the area where they were born. Amazing, isn't it? I think he's at least in his teens if not older.

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Permalink Reply by ElsiesAttic ~ CEO on May 11, 2009 at 4:41pm

That is so cool! :)

Permalink Reply by ByTheWay on May 11, 2009 at 4:58pm

Love turtles!
They're not slippery or sneaky!

Jaci
ByTheWay

Permalink Reply by MTippingAtelier-Admin on May 11, 2009 at 6:18pm

What a lovely creature!! My friend recently had a similar experience with a huge turtle --she believed it was a female. It just made its way sloooowly up her walk to her front door, looked her in the eye, seemed to "sigh" and then collapsed from exhaustion. She knew she had to take it across a very busy 4 lane highway (route 1) to the pond on the other side of the road, where she is pretty sure the turtle had her babies. She drove it across to the pond and said the turtle just looked at her as if to say "thank you":)

Mary

Permalink Reply by jazziesjunque on May 11, 2009 at 6:40pm

How fun, I remember where I grew up we had snapping turtles. Not as pets tho. :)

Permalink Reply by Metro Retro Vintage on May 11, 2009 at 9:44pm

He/She is beautiful!

Permalink Reply by VintageWantsNotNeeds on May 12, 2009 at 10:43am

How lovely all I get are mice.....

Permalink Reply by Vicious Vintage on May 13, 2009 at 10:22am

thats so cool!!! I hope you took good care of the little guy while you had him ~ do you still have hm hanging around or did he venture off?

Permalink Reply by ShowtimeVintage on May 13, 2009 at 1:07pm

Yes, we took good care of him. We didn't run over him in the driveway! LOL
I haven't been out in the garden to see if he's hanging around or if he wandered off. We have almost an acre with 2/3 of it in the back, so he has plenty of room to move around. I read up on box turtles and apparently they have an instinct to go back to where they were born, so he's probably trying to get home.
I keep calling him "he". I never saw a box turtle so big. Truly it was an inspirational feeling to hold one of God's elusive creations in my hands.

Permalink Reply by Bibby's Rocket on May 14, 2009 at 3:21pm