That reminds me of a funny story. I had some family coming over to the house one day. They get to the house and pull a large box out of the minivan. I look in the box and there's a large snapping turtle. I ask my Mom why the heck she has a turtle with her. She says she found it down the hill from the house and thought the kids would enjoy bringing it to the pond/marshland that we have about 200 or so yards into the woods behind the house. I suggested we bring it back to where she found it but she was adamant.
A couple of days later I'm in the kitchen doing something and I look out the window and see the snapping turtle walking down the driveway. Over the next few hours I watched its progress as it made its way down the hill presumably back to where Mom found it.
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