Re: [vernalpool] diamondback terrapin (from late June)

And now for the rest of the story:

Nice article in the Sunday edition of the regional Standard Times
featuring Don Lewis (the turtle guy) and the eggs saved by Mike Maurer
(the salamander guy) - seems like fodder for a new comics
series....(we'll need Spring Peeper boy wonder, and the amazing fairy
shrimp woman....)

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120923/LIFE/209230302

Seems as though three of the babies made it out...Way to go Mike!

On 6/26/12 8:54 PM, Treeswallow5@aol.com wrote:
>
>
> Thanks alot....haven't met a turtle I don't like or won't stop for!!!!!
>
> 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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> Great job!
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> Subject: [vernalpool] diamondback terrapin
>
>
>
> 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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