Good news, another turtle rescued from the middle of the road this morning!
This one a youngster Snapping turtle.
I was beside it before I realized it was a turtle, it blended in so well. Fortunately, there was no one behind me or coming in the opposite directions, so I hit the brakes, backed up, threw the LLV in park and jumped out to make the save!
I turned around and drove to the pond, which was right there. You can actually see it in the background of the first pic. Ironically, this dude was only some ~50' from where I made my last rescue of the Painted turtle.
Before placing the dude into the water and setting it free, I performed a road side surgical procedure. You can see it in the pic below - I circled it in red, a leach was firmly attached and sucking away. No worries, I grabbed my handy-dandy scissors and with one snip the leach was no more.
I'm gonna call it a win win!
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