Posted on 12/30/2012 9:17:31 AM PST by ZULU
CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson University student Nathan Weaver just wanted to put together a project to help figure out the best way to assist turtles in crossing the road. But he also ended up with a peek into the dark souls of some human beings.
Read more here: http://www.heraldonline.com/2012/12/27/4507782/clemson-students-turtle-project.html#storylink=cpy
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One day I came upon a huge snapper in Vermont in the middle of my lane. He was more than knee high (I'm 6"1") and over 3 feet in diameter.
I immediately set a road flare before the curve I'd just come around.
Had the same experience as an earlier poster with it snapping off a broom handle.
It just wanted to remain in the road. Finally enough people stopped so 3 of us could shove it off the road.
It was amazingly fast, lunging at us to try to snap us.
I have run over thousands of toads on Guam during mating season. You can't miss the huge things, they pave the road like moving cobblestone during mating season.
Despite probably huge amounts killed by vehicles there seemed to be an endless supply of them.
In all that driving, I've hit 2 deer, last year. A black bear and I hit each other. I saw him coming at a diagonal at about 40 MPH toward where I was going to be. I slowed from 50 to 40 and went across the oncoming lane and into the other breakdown lane to try to avoid him. No traffic, a mile strait in front. He ran into our right front fender and tire and the rear tire went over him, spinning him back across the highway into the ditch.
Somewhere on one of my web sites there's the pic I took of him laying there twitching at my feet, he was probably around 300 pounds.
Our daughter and a friend were in a car behind us, so they stayed to watch the bear while my wife and I went for a game warden. Couldn't get one, when we got back the girls said as soon as we went around the corner the bear got up and bolted into the woods.
I never got the front fender fixed as the cracks with the bear fur stuffed in them looked neat. The rear wheel alignment was off so far it took the max shimming possible to re-align it.
Somehow I've had over 3000 moose encounters and haven't hit any yet.
Couldn't avoid a blacksnake in Pennsylvania as it stretched from in the oncoming lane to the guardrail on the right. There was a very noticable thump-thump as we went over it. In the mirror you could see the two flat spots in it. It was on a corner with oncoming traffic.
For some reason, two foxes have run into my hubcaps.
Have managed to miss several Pine Martens.
ditto
It is obvious that you have not read all of my posts here at free republic... if you had you would know that I have not posted about abortion in “EVERY” discussion. In fact far from it. Before you make an accusation you should have your facts straight.
There was a biography about a remarkable woman named Grace Wiley. She really existed and was a reptile fan. She had pet crocs which knew their own names and came when she called.
She tamed cobras also.
See http://hclib.tumblr.com/post/4501763269/grace-wiley-snake-lady-when-minneapolis-opened.
Died of a cobra bite.
Not very well it seems........LOL!
I believe they are the spiny softshells.
The elk might be injured or die but the vehicle that impacts the elk and the people inside are more than likely to die. Imagine a 2,000 lb. animal crashing through your windshield at night. For some reason, they get out of the way of moving vehicles at great speed during the daytime.
That’s just darn cute! What kind of a turtle is that?
A mature male elk is a "bull". A mature female elk is a "cow". A pre-pubescent elk, regardless of sex is a "calf" (plural = "calves"). A post-pubescent male generally ineligible for harvest is a "spike".
That I don’t know. It’s a cutie though.
I’m a small female in a tiny pink car. Every rare now and again someone decides that means “fun to hassle”.
Try an NRA sticker!
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