Greta16
Active Member
My husband and I stopped by our house to help a painted turtle cross the road. I soon discovered this wasn't a painted. The turtle saw us and ran. It's got to the other side with no assistance from us. I saw the raised scutes, the red/orange legs and knew I needed a pic. She hissed at my husband but then stopped long enough to get a pic. Had she not hissed I would have picked her up. I've lived in Maine my entire life and I didn't even know this type of turtle existed. It is currently considered threatened. This encounter totally made my day. Praying she makes it back across the road!