{"id":484,"date":"2008-09-15T21:39:51","date_gmt":"2008-09-16T01:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=484"},"modified":"2008-09-29T21:46:25","modified_gmt":"2008-09-30T01:46:25","slug":"road-warrior-eastern-box-turtle-strolls-down-interstate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=484","title":{"rendered":"Road Warrior: Eastern Box Turtle Strolls Down Interstate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jon Pope, owner & proprietor with his wife Michelle of Uncle Jon’s Coffee Houses, encountered an exceedingly\u00c2\u00a0strange sight as he dropped off Interstate I-195 onto Route 105 in Marion, Massachusetts.\u00c2\u00a0 Traffic does, indeed, slow down quickly as one enters this sailing hamlet on Sippican Harbor.\u00c2\u00a0 So, Jon is used to breaking hard in transitioning from Interstate to sleeping village.\u00c2\u00a0 In this case, though, he got behind a four-legged rather than a four-wheeled entity.\u00c2\u00a0 Jon jumped out of his car and rescued a male adult Eastern box turtle strolling down the off-ramp.\u00c2\u00a0 As much surprised as Jon, this road warrior took an instant liking to his new two-legged friend.<\/p>\n

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Jon Pope Admires Rescued Male Eastern Box Turtle<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

His shell records a\u00c2\u00a0series of human encounters, none as pleasant as today’s rescue by Jon.\u00c2\u00a0 Most of the forward\u00c2\u00a0marginals, the outer ring of small scutes rimming the carapace (top shell), have been broken off completely.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0His rear marginals are nicked and chinked\u00c2\u00a0so much that they seem like serration.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Lots of Dings and Chinks along the Marginals of This Road Warrior<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

With his handsome red eyes, manly tail and plastron (bottom shell) concavity, this veteran road warrior exhibited all the traits of an exemplar male Eastern box turtle.<\/p>\n

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Male Eastern Box Turtle<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Tonight we’re puzzling over an appropriate home to release our new reptilian friend.\u00c2\u00a0 Clearly, the Interstate Highway System isn’t a safe habitat.\u00c2\u00a0 He’s been lucky to have survived this long.\u00c2\u00a0 So, we’ll be investigating potential Eastern box turtle habitat in the SouthCoast area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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