Reptile Long neck turtles rescued

[Wattaglampingspot]

Hi. We recently rescued two turtles from the middle of the road. In the car they stunk so much! I'm just wondering if it was a defence mechanism to warn off threats? They smell was so bad and unique like nothing I've ever smelt before!

 

[Hairyman]

Yes, its a defence mechanism.

 

[Aussie123]

Haha .. yes its defence.
I rescued a turtle from a busy road and the first thing if did when I picked it up was to poo and it was horrible !!

 

[Randall]

I used to grab them off the road all the time every Spring (Gippsland) - they go searching for new habitat. Sometimes they'd be a long way from any water source. They shoot out a piddle - it's not too bad. I put a huge one in my daypack once - I was on a mountain bike and detoured 10km to the nearest river

 

[Mozzie]

I am always rescuing Eastern Long Necks at the large nature reserve where i do bush regen.

Very active after rain, they move between two locations that has a semi busy road running down the middle.
One side has a huge lagoon the other side is a Golf Course with lots of water traps.

lots of youngsters around, so cute
...added bonus to young to be scared and poo on you lol

 

[WanderOn]

I am always rescuing Eastern Long Necks at the large nature reserve where i do bush regen.

Very active after rain, they move between two locations that has a semi busy road running down the middle.
One side has a huge lagoon the other side is a Golf Course with lots of water traps.

lots of youngsters around, so cute
...added bonus to young to be scared and poo on you lol
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That is really awesome. I’ve never seen a baby before. Rescued plenty of adults off the road. Learnt very quickly to keep bitey end up and away from my body.