That's a beautiful Box. Sucks about the shell but sweet patterns on the legs and head.
That's what he said!
I wouldn’t be surprised if the driver was paying attention…
I love how it lists climate change but the real reason is humans keep expanding and bringing in predators for the tortoise.
Yeah, that’s weird. Curious what the ping pong ball was all about.Desert tortoises are pretty cool. I had one as a pet when I was a kid. It appeared in our back yard one day, which was weird considering we had a 6-foot block wall around the yard. When it appeared it had a hole drilled through the rear ‘tail’ of its shell with a couple of inch string attached to a ping pong ball.
It would dig a hole and hibernate in the winter. We never knew where it hibernated, it would just disappear and then reappear in the summer. One summer it simply did not come out of hibernation. All I can think of is it tunneled out or died during hibernation.
Yea, I didn't see it happen, and I didn't see it till I was about ten yards away. Possible someone was driving too close to another vehicle and didn't have time to react. I can't imagine someone would've done it on purpose
Yeah they don't mention the 100'000s of acres of habitat destroyed by the construction of "green" energy power plants (solar and wind farms).
I am always stopping in the spring to move these guys off the road. Silly things are hellbent on crossing busy roads.
The huge population of free-ranging cattle has certainly made a difference. In arrid regions one only needs to look at two sides of a fence to see that the side with the cattle has hardly any plants remaining. Less plants means less food for creatures like the tortoise.
Don't count on it...
www.foxnews.com
makes me wonder how many of those drivers had some "green" bumper sticker on their car or are on the green bandwagon...Don't count on it...
Drivers swerve purposely to run over fake turtle, student project shows
A college student in South Carolina set out to determine how to help turtles safely cross the road. He ended up getting a glimpse of the dark side of human nature.
