Re: [vernalpool] diamondback terrapin

Oh Yes !! and they are in the right hands for sure!!! Hopefully the female will survive also..will let you know the outcome

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From: Carol Linguanti <luvbirds@warwick.net>
To: vernalpool <vernalpool@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tue, Jun 26, 2012 8:52 pm
Subject: Re: [vernalpool] diamondback terrapin

AWESOME!

The eggs can be hatched for sure! Thank you for caring!

On Jun 26, 2012, at 8:45 PM, Treeswallow5@aol.com wrote:

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> Today around 2 PM on the Wareham/Marion town line, as I was crossing the
Weweantic River, I saw a diamondback terrapin trying to cross the four
lanes.....I pulled a Jason Statham "Transporter" -type U-turn immediately and
went back, parked in the middle lane with flashers going (it really wasn't that
dramatic, as no cars were coming yet) and snatched her up. But as I carried her
back to the car, her head was tucked in, blood dripped down, and the back legs
dangled.
>
> Damn!! One car too late!!...
>
> I place her on the mat under my feet and sped off to the home of a couple of
turtle experts who just happen to live in Marion. Susan Weiber Nourse and Don
Lewis... They have been monitoring and researching these terrapins in
Southeastern MA for 20 years or more. Also volunteering out on the Cape at
Wellfleet Bay.
>
> My immediate thoughts were that if she was going to die, at least maybe they
could save some eggs (why else would she be on land?) and also see if she was
one their marked individuals.
>
> I arrived at the their home...ran to the door....explained the situation (I
had already brought another dead female there last year from the same
spot!)...we went back to the car and as I was handing her over to Susan, she
emitted an egg!!! Susan asked me to check the car, and I found another egg on
the mat!!!! As we examined her and discussed the possibility of her surviving
these injuries, she deposited two more eggs in Susan's hand!!!! Holy Crap!!!!
>
> As of now (8:00 PM) I do not know her fate, but hopefully at least four of her
offspring will stand a chance of making it.
>
> Wow...what a day
>
> Mike
>
> Mike Maurer
> Marion, MA
>
> "The time to save a species is while it is still common" Rosalie Edge, Founder
of Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
>
>
>
>
>
> Today around 2 PM on the Wareham/Marion town line, as I was crossing the
Weweantic River, I saw a diamondback terrapin trying to cross the four
lanes.....I pulled a Jason Statham "Transporter" -type U-turn immediately and
went back, parked in the middle lane with flashers going (it really wasn't that
dramatic, as no cars were coming yet) and snatched her up. But as I carried her
back to the car, her head was tucked in, blood dripped down, and the back legs
dangled.
>
> Damn!! One car too late!!...
>
> I place her on the mat under my feet and sped off to the home of a couple of
turtle experts who just happen to live in Marion. Susan Weiber Nourse and Don
Lewis... They have been monitoring and researching these terrapins in
Southeastern MA for 20 years or more. Also volunteering out on the Cape at
Wellfleet Bay.
>
> My immediate thoughts were that if she was going to die, at least maybe they
could save some eggs (why else would she be on land?) and also see if she was
one their marked individuals.
>
> I arrived at the their home...ran to the door....explained the situation (I
had already brought another dead female there last year from the same
spot!)...we went back to the car and as I was handing her over to Susan, she
emitted an egg!!! Susan asked me to check the car, and I found another egg on
the mat!!!! As we examined her and discussed the possibility of her surviving
these injuries, she deposited two more eggs in Susan's hand!!!! Holy Crap!!!!
>
> As of now (8:00 PM) I do not know her fate, but hopefully at least four of her
offspring will stand a chance of making it.
>
> Wow...what a day
>
> Mike
>
> Mike Maurer
> Marion, MA
>
> "The time to save a species is while it is still common" Rosalie Edge, Founder
of Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
>
>
>
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