http://mimredbeard.com/2007/09/14/grandfather-tortoise/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:12:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://mimredbeard.com/2007/09/14/grandfather-tortoise/#comment-31001 Rod Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:31:38 +0000 http://mimredbeard.com/2007/09/14/grandfather-tortoise/#comment-31001 I had to chuckle to myself reading this entry. I've had many similar experiences rescuing turtles/tortoises from roads, streets, and highways. Like you, I learned from an elder, my great-grandfather, in my case. He never explained WHY it was important. It just seemed to be the right thing to do. I remember in one case, we actually found a turtle that had been struck, but was still alive. It had a 2 inch hole in the top of its shell. We took it home where my great-grandfather covered the hole with a large piece of sheet metal and some type of glue, and released it into his apple orchard. We found the turtle again some 3 years later, still traipsing around wearing his patch. I had to chuckle to myself reading this entry. I’ve had many similar experiences rescuing turtles/tortoises from roads, streets, and highways. Like you, I learned from an elder, my great-grandfather, in my case. He never explained WHY it was important. It just seemed to be the right thing to do. I remember in one case, we actually found a turtle that had been struck, but was still alive. It had a 2 inch hole in the top of its shell. We took it home where my great-grandfather covered the hole with a large piece of sheet metal and some type of glue, and released it into his apple orchard. We found the turtle again some 3 years later, still traipsing around wearing his patch.

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