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Painted Turtle Rescue!

Posted by Madison O'Shea,
North Country explorer from Canton NY
April 22, 2019 —

As my herpetology class was on our way back from a day of herping, we saw a painted turtle that was about to cross the road into on-coming traffic. Luckily, we pulled over and were able to rescue it in time!