Subj : Tiers
To   : Andrea Santos
From : Jack Yates
Date : Thu Aug 02 2001 11:14 pm

 AS> May have neglected to relay one of our more memorable moments with one
 AS> such critter.  Found him on a sunny morning in our yard, resting under
 AS> the Coconut tree.  (This tree produces the green variety, not brown).

 AS> And rather unfortunate that Benji spotted him almost immediately and
 AS> planted himself inches away.  All of our usual coaxing efforts failed;
 AS> Benji wasn't budging.  Hard shell occasionally bobbing up and down
 AS> was too enticing to pass up.  Day turned into night and by
 AS> the following morning, Sea Turtle was still.

If you had turned the turtle on his back he may have lived long enough to get
him rescued by the people who return sea turtles to the sea.  You don't want to
*know* the fine for killing a sea turtle;  The Marine Patrol came close to
locking up a shrimp boat captain in Carabelle for bringing one to shore.  He
had called a private marine lab in Panacea, whose owner was quite the activist
regarding turtles, for assistance with the turtle, though and they let him
alone.

 AS> You can guess the end to this story. ;-)

Turtle for dinner?

 AS> Tropical wave, now storm, Barry has dumped roughly 7 inches of rain
 AS> in
 AS> these parts.  Was about ready to unhinge the canoe <g> and put out the
 AS> "Lake Homestead" sign

I saw some of this on the tube a few minutes ago; my daughter moved back to the
Tampa area just in time..<g>


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