this reminds me of the time I saw a tortoise slightly larger than this casually ambling out a pet store’s door down the sidewalk in an attempt to escape, the door having unwisely been propped open for some purpose. an employee (or two?) chased after it at a walk, trying to figure out how to turn it around. it was too large for one person to easily lift.
iirc they eventually picked it up between two employees like a table and carried it in. it was Displeased by this, but not as displeased as it would have been if it got off the sidewalk and was hit by a car.
Wildlife rehabbers and vets don’t generally get follow up reports and most will tell you they prefer it that way. That makes the discovery by a vet at The Hocking Hills Animal Clinic in Ohio that much more amazing.
Years after treating a wild box turtle that had been hit by a car, repairing its cracked shell with fiberglass and rehabbing it till It was strong enough for release, she encountered a familiar pattern in the leaves while on a hillside walk.
Looking down she immediately knew it was her old patient! The injured box turtle was alive and well and had grown up quite a bit since their last meeting. She immediately shared the images on the clinics Facebook. Gotta love a happy ending for a dedicated vet and a tough shell friend. 😀
We at Tort-time support this anon’s request and remind everyone that sometimes you just need some turtle spam. Let’s make tumblr a better place with turtle spam (and tortoise spam)
And by that we also implied you should totally add a turtle or tortoise (Terrapins welcome!) How many shells can this post hold? Sorry we hijacked your post @wayward-mirage .. Its Zoya’s fault. She likes to show off her sunglasses gif.
Our team down in Mexico got up close
and personal with perhaps the most unique of the box turtles, the
Coahulian box turtle (Terrapene coahuila).
This endangered species is
also called the aquatic box turtle, because unlike all other members of
the genus Terrapene, they spend 90% of their life in the water!
Wow! What an incredible photo and as always, great work by @turtleconservancy
Urocyon's Jaunts 2.0 
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