oldr_n_wsr wrote:I see wild turtles all the time. Up at teh lake house we have eastern painted, snapping, mud and musk turtles. Here on LI we have some of the same in addition to the Box turtle (which is actually a tortoise). We have a box turtle in the neighborhood who visits my yard every couple of weeks.
Lovely, but my being from the UK, which does not have native turtles*, still made it a big thrill for me.
*There are small colonies of released imported turtles, ex-pets.
NO native turtles? What happened? Your ancestors ate all of them?
We have loads of turtles here in Pennsylvania. I used to catch one now and then while fishing and make soup for my mother in law as a peace offering as she loved it. Usually didn't work.
I expect to go straight to hell...........at least I won't have to spend time making new friends.