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terryo
at Tue Jan 16 13:51:04 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by terryo ]
It was interesting to read about the "urban box turtles". I have to admit that I'm shocked! I've been to Brooklyn many times. I had a friend from my days at Rider University in NJ that hailed from Brooklyn, and I really can't fathom that a box turtle could survive there in our lifetime.
Ok...I will tell you how long ago that was when we had the boxie as a kid. I was born in 1943, and all my life living there until my parents died, and my sister took over the house , we always had box turtles living in the yard. Now, 2007, my sister still lives there..she has a koi pond now...and next door to her they feed a box turtle dog food. (we always wonder if it is ours, and it left because of the renervation and no more veg. garden.) So there must be turtles there..oh yeah..her friends across the street have two in their yard that have been there forever. Now I couldn't tell you how ours got in our yard. My Dad could have gotten it somewhere, although that would not be like him as he believed everything wild should be kept thay way. He wouldn't even let up pick her up. But I do know for a fact that there are turtles living in Brooklyn. (now you know how old I am..haha lol )
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RE: The Egbert Chronicles - terryo, Tue Jan 16 13:51:04 2007