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Be on the lookout for Bob, the Red-Eared Turtle
By adamg on Tue, 07/16/2013 - 3:42pm
Kevin McCrea (yes, that Kevin McCrea) reports:
Sometime last night or early this morning my 2 year pet red eared slider who answers to "Bob" was taken from the fountain in front of my house at 218 West Springfield. A great favorite of the kids in the neighborhood, they are already worrying about him.
McCrea implores whoever took Bob to just bring him back - no questions asked.
In the photo, Bob is the smaller turtle on the left. McCrea adds his fountain mate, also named Bob, seems forlorn now.
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"the smaller turtle on the left."
....looks like a plastic doll. And apparently is being used by the middle turtle as a ... certain kind of plastic doll.
based on what their keepers say
You are probably correct.
the plastic turtle...
Yes, Bob did seem to have some sort of unholy attraction to that hole-less plastic turtle.
Thanks for the kind words and the gentleman who offered to replace him. Makes me feel better about mankind.
Have we ...
... ruled out the neighborhood herons?
that'd be one helluva heron.
that'd be one helluva heron. Thunder bird??
Please return Bob
Does Kevin have fifteen animals, is that what he's got? Does he really like animals, does he like them a lot?
Bob may have voluntarily step out for a bit
Bob looks to be female, and this is the time of year gravid turtles look for a place to lay a clutch of eggs.
PS: Bob is also not a red eared slider, but a red bellied slider. Just saying
Saddened by Kevin's loss, but
Saddened by Kevin's loss, but at the same time gratified by a return to the important reporting on chelonian topics that UHub has become known for.
What about Bob?
I saw a man carrying a turtle like this across the crosswalk while I was stopped at a light on the Jamaicaway. He was heading straight to the pond. I assume and still assume he had found a wayward turtle and was returning it to its natural habitat.
It's a bit far removed from the South End. In case it's connected though: He looked in his 50s, white goatee, glasses, and was wearing a green shirt or jacket. It was almost 9am today that I saw this man with a random turtle.
Go Bob!
I hope that was Bob.
Runswim like thewindwater, you wild amphibian!Reptile, dufus
Reptile, dufus
I know who snatched him...
It had to have been the BRA...
That area is not zoned for turtles, they would have to have a special permit.
Those are not red-eared turtles
They are eastern painted turtles, Chrysemys picta picta. The scutes on the back form even rows, a characteristic unique to the eastern painted turtle.