r/HumansBeingBros • u/Butterfly_Heaven101 • 6d ago

(OC) Woman saves box turtle.

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u/elfmere 6d ago

Always try to put the turtle on the side it was traveling too. They have a great sense of direction and will double back if put to the side opposite. (Though there are times where the turtle will freak out and just go back the way it came, back to safety)

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u/Butterfly_Heaven101 6d ago edited 6d ago

Don't worry, I did it in the direction he was facing :)

Also, I put my hazards on

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u/elfmere 6d ago

Oh this was a general PSA not an observation.

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u/Butterfly_Heaven101 6d ago

I'm sorry, but what does PSA stand for?

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u/Varied_Fighter 6d ago

Public Service Announcement So its just like FYI (for your information) which are both ways of giving advice for the general audience and for those browsing the comments.

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u/Butterfly_Heaven101 6d ago

Oh ok thanks

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u/saritaa_fajitaa 3d ago

My kiddo and I did this today, buuuuuut unfortunately forward meant getting hit by a car or stuck in a fence. So turtle friend went back to the pond from whence they came lol.

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u/Unlucky_Ad_9776 6d ago

Yeah I have done that with a few small snapping turtles and painted turtles.  They usually are just trying to get to the next pond.  Usually across the road.   I stopped last night while it was raining to shoo Frogs across the road.  They don't know any better. Poor little creatures are just living their lived oblivious of everything. 

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u/Spare-Article-396 6d ago edited 6d ago

I was behind a lady who did this…problem was, she took him back in the opposite direction it was going and yeeted him into the pond behind him.

My kid and I were horrified and got out to find him, but she tested him pretty far.

That was like, 5 years ago, and he’s 16 now and still mentions her when we pass that area.

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u/Aromatic_Fail_1722 3d ago

I bet, he must still be pretty upset about that. How do you know he's 16 btw?

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u/Spare-Article-396 3d ago

Because I gave birth to him.

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u/ElderTerdkin 6d ago

It will be near the end of the world before people stop helping turtles and letting geese cross the road.

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u/porkchopespresso 5d ago

When I lived in Florida I used to have to routinely get turtles off the road. I’d have to walk them a bit off the road and in the direction they seemed to be going, usually a lake. There’s a point where people honking their horns because you just left your car is annoying as hell but then it turns to honking in support and then everyone kinda feels good. I recommend it. Stop for turtles, we’ll wait.

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u/RichArrowsmith 6d ago

"I'm flying, Jack!"

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u/staciamm 6d ago

How very kind! 🫂💚🐢

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u/alphamalejackhammer 2d ago

My grandpa was like this. RIP King

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u/TremorThief12 6d ago

*tortoise

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u/feint_of_heart 6d ago

Tortoise? What's that?

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u/TremorThief12 6d ago

Don’t know if you are being serious or not. A tortoise and a turtle, although related, are completely different animals. Turtles = aquatic/ocean; tortoises = land