A turtle’s tale
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- June
- 17
Seems a snapping turtle found its way onto the Hutchinson River Parkway a while back and was rescued from being squished by Mount Vernon High School science teacher Rosemarie Sanders. Here’s her story:
Thursday morning I was coming to work. Upon coming to my exit I saw a large object in the road. I swerved and saw in my side-view a large turtle. I backed up to the turtle and put on my flashers. Not having traffic, I got out and started to nudge the turtle off the road. It’s a delicate procedure because he’s quick with the bite. Once he was successfully off the road, I waved traffic on.
Naturally, the turtle crawled under my car and started to walk the length of my car. I was looking under my car at the turtle when a gentleman asked if I was having car troubles. I related the turtle tale to him. He pulled down the road to park. He ran up the ramp and saw the turtle as he stood defiantly at the curb. Looking at the narrow strip of grass and shear rock outcrop, we decided that this is no place for a turtle. The man, I later found out to be Mr. Steve Borys, a social studies teacher at Eastchester High School. He placed the turtle in my trunk.
Upon arrival to MVHS, I spoke to fellow ecology teacher, Carl Caprio about the turtle. I was told to keep him in the pond in the greenhouse. Into the pond he went.
This all happened earlier this month. The turtle, who was named Spike “for his spiky tail” was eventually released into a local lake.
Previously on TNOT: Snapping Turtles.
Photo by MVHS student Brittany Goulbourne shows Spike with teacher Rosemarie Sanders.
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