About a month ago the girls had each found a turtle in the road. and of course, we stopped so they could bring them home and take care of them. We had them for about a week and those turtles were almost loved to death. I did a little research to find out what they eat and discovered that they were pretty finicky and would die if kept in captivity, at least with the girls and all their attention on the poor turtles. So the decision was made to return them to the wild, in our woods back behind the house. The picture of Phoebe with the turtle is after the decision was made to release the poor things. You can tell she thought I was pretty mean at the time. So we all set out, kids, turtles, ryan and I, and the dog. We found a good spot and released the turtles and were walking back home when, unknown to us, the dog found a wasp nest in the trunk of a decayed tree, that she decided to put her nose into. The wasps were not well pleased with their visitor and stung her and then went on the offensive. Phoebe ended up with a sting on her nose, and I got one on my arm. They were nasty wasps, Phoebe was ok by the next day, but my are swelled and ached for about 3 days more. I should have taken an after picture. Maybe next time we will keep the turtles and release the dog into the wild.
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mark brought home a turtle from a companion we visited in idaho, it was a turtle that he had caught on his mission. it was fun for the while that we kept it, but once i learned that turtles can carry salmonella i wasn't TOO sad that it found its way out of the aquarium and back to the wild!
That is cute you found two turtles. I always just fine one here and one there...I will sometimes put them in the ditch and sometimes I bring them home for the girls to see. Course they get upset when it is time to set them free. Must be a kid thing...
Ouch again about the bees/wasps. Poor Crush and all of you :(
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