The other day my sister and I saw a turtle under her car. Since I’m *so* amazing and kind, I said we should move it to the nearby woods. It looked like a regular turtle you’d see in a lake. A slider, I thought. I’ve been round long enough to know they are pretty docile, not aggressive like snapping turtles, so I got a shovel and crawled down next to the car. The plan was to nudge him onto the shovel then carry him safely to the tree line. That was the *my* plan. The turtle had something else in mind. It must’ve sensed my defenses were down.
Almost as soon as I had the shovel in place, the turtle practically jumped around to face me and proceeded to rush at me! I haven’t been that startled by wildlife since this life-threatening encounter at a state park in Florida. I skinned my arm on the car and tweaked a muscle in my left shoulder. Since when do regular turtles attack!?
As it turns out, this fella had some offensive weapons of his own. Take a look at the claws in the pics below. I think this is either a painted turtle or a terrapin. Any experts out there know what we’re looking at here?
Next time I’ll think twice about messing with a teenage mutant ninja turtle!
-Out of the Wilderness
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