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originally posted by: rickymouse
Someone has to look after these animals, they just do not seem to understand that the highways are dangerous. We get turtles crossing the road during mating season on our way out to our house from town. Stopping and rushing them across the street is something you have to do once in a while, I have seen a small car fly into the ditch from hitting a snapper, nobody other than the turtle was hurt.
originally posted by: CharlesT
I feed the birds around my home. I have 8 Hummingbird feeders hung on my front deck where I feed 60+ Ruby Throat hummingbirds, nectar. I truly enjoy watching them fight and fume over the feeders every evening. They are a sight. I also have 2 feeders I fill with Black Oil sunflower seed and cracked corn for the dozen or so Cardinals + other varieties that feed on the seed. I put cracked corn on the ground as well to feed the several Dove that come into my feeders.
I ran out of corn chops yesterday so I drove down to the nearest town 32 miles south of me to buy a sack of chops for the dove. While driving back home, I ran up on a terrapin that had been turned upside down by, probably, the wind from a semi that had passed over it so, after traveling another 1/2 mile, I turned around, drove back, and after another car passed, I rushed out, snatched it up and carried it out of the right of way before another car passed by a few seconds later. I couldn't bear the thought of letting the defenseless creature be crushed when I could do so little as to turn around and pick him up out of the way of humanity.
Sheat! I have more compassion for nature's other critters than I have for humanity.
originally posted by: randomtangentsrme
a reply to: WarriorMH
Terrapin are semi aquatic.
Tortoise are land dwellers.
Turtles are water dwellers.
But that depends on who you ask:
en.wikipedia.org...
I couldn't bear the thought of letting the defenseless creature be crushed when I could do so little as to turn around and pick him up out of the way of humanity.
Sheat! I have more compassion for nature's other critters than I have for humanity.
Honestly i always thought terrapin was a brand of beer
I admire very much how kind you are, i have met people who think animals are there with the only purpose of being less than humans and a kill-them-all hobby, nasty people. And then people that won't try to kill them but also don't care to help because they are just animals and you can't waste time on them or you lose money/time, also nasty people.
originally posted by: Night Star
a reply to: Nyiah
Kudos for saving a sweet innocent puppy! Animals can be so helpless and get themselves into so many predicaments. They need Earth Angels to help them from time to time.