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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Prairie dogs, don’t brake for prairie dogs.
OOOPS! Should be 97.38%. Can’t read my own writing.
What kind?
The closer they tail gate me, the slower I go. Eventually they get the message. Maybe at that point they can read the NRA sticker on my back windshield, or get a better look at me.
I’m not a small guy.
“When my wife was a teacher, she heard her students bragging about a game they play. They have a contest to see who can kill the most dogs or cats in a night. I told her not to tell me who these kids were. I didn’t want to end up in prison.”
Lowlife scum. But then a lot of young jerks talk big and don’t really do anything.
Love Rush but sometimes he gets a little ridiculous.
I like turtles and I also like Christmas and public safety.
There are ALWAYS ways to accommodate conservation of species and public safety and well-being.
Maybe using red lights is the answer. A lot of animals can’t see red light at night. Light shielding is also a possibility. Keeping all front lights off for 8 months is a bit ridiculous, not to mention unsafe.
OBVIOUSLY one should not cause accidents over this.
Best way to pick up a snapper is at the BASE of the rear top shell between the hind legs and hold it WELL AWAY from your body. Picking them up by the tail, especially a big one, can damage the backbone.
Again, prudence and common sense here. We are talking about DELIBERATELY trying to run over a turtle, not committing suicide by trying to avoid one.
Well, that IS encouraging.
I prefer not to have my meat mashed all over the macadam thanks.
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Elkfersupper, I’m sure your a nice guy. But what you are saying is really hard to swallow. Suppose people ran down elks that crossed the road at every opportunity and elk country was criss-crossed with highways driven over by idiot city people and big trucks.
Might run out of elk for supper.
I think your conclusions are a bit flawed.
As a superior creature, we should recognize the limitations of inferior species and their need for our assistance to survive in a world to which they are unaccustomed, appreciate the esthetic appeal the presence of a variety of wildlife provides, be thankful to our Creator for the abundance of lifeforms He created for us to constructively enjoy, deplore acts of brutality and deliberate cruelty against a dumb beast, and recognize the potential source of knowledge contained within their genomes which might benefit ourselves.
Bingo.
Abortion is a great evil. But we are not discussing that here.
I wouldn’t buy anything from Geico.
They fired Lee Ermey because he was anti-Obama and is pro-Second Amendment.
See my comment about snappers and handling them. I used to do exactly what you did till I read about the potential for backbone damage by carrying them that way.
Every time I see a snapper I feel kind of like I’m looking at something from the Cretaceous Period. They are neat little critters. They can make interesting “pets”. I “trained” one to come and eat fish from my hand - LONG FISH _ by slapping the side of his pool. When he heard it, he would come swimming and get the trash fish I got for him.
“I will use any opportunity to defend the defenseless.”
I’d say the turtles are pretty defenseless here.
I agree with you totally about abortions. I’m also pro-Second Amendment, as well as pro-the other 9. But you are not advancing your efforts by trying to tie EVERY discussion into the same topic. If we did, we should change the entire Free Republic Forum into just an anti-abortion forum.
There's a FReeper who has a pet snapping turtle and I mean an actual pet. It roams around her house and comes when she calls it.......I wish I could remember her name.
Well that's something I didn't know, thanks.......
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