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Friday, August 25, 2017

There Is A Time To Be Calm ...

... and then ...

Hello, everyone.  It's me, Cam.  You know, Maggie and I see all kinds of things out front - other pups, kit-cats, birdies, bunnies, squirrels, sometimes even a coyote or a deer, the occasional skink or lizard, etc.  And we're fascinated by these things.  We are always very calm and quiet; we take the approach of silently staring at them.  It's what we do.  Except ...

Maggie saw him the first day.  It was right in our driveway.  Check it out!

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"Hey ... what's this?"
"Uh oh."

Then it hit her.  It was a TURTLE!

She did what comes naturally to a normally calm Siberian Husky. Mom caught part of it on video.


To watch on YouTube, please click here.

Seriously. It was a TURTLE!!!!!!  A TURTLE!!!

Maggie told me about it, then we did this the whole rest of the day:

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"No, really.  I need to go outside, Mom."
"Yeah.  Me, too.  I'll go next."

Unfortunately, Mom didn't buy it.

The very next day, I was walking past our neighbor Tao's yard, when ...

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"TURTLE!!!!!!"
"Oh, @$%#!!!"

Ornate Box Turtle, Latin name Terrapene Sibertauntus ornata ornata. Mom shot some vid of me and the TURTLE, too.


To watch on YouTube, please click here.

I couldn't help it.  It was a TURTLE!!!!!

I did this at least every 5 minutes after Mom brought me inside:

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"I need to go outside, please.  It's the steroids they've got me on.  Really!"

I was a bit more convincing than Maggie, but only because of the meds I'm taking.

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"Awesome, Cam!  Scream as loud as you can if you see him!"
"Don't worry, I will!"

Unfortunately, Mom only bought it a handful of times, then she accused me of faking it.  Technically, I didn't say I needed to pee, I just said I needed to go outside.

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"OK, Mags.  We'll take shifts.  You get some rest, I'll stay by the door.  Mom's bound to weaken sooner or later."
"Sigh."

Mom has no idea why we'd get so excited over a turtle when we're so calm about everything else.  What can I say?  It's a TURTLE!!!!!

Cammie!

PS:  Yes, we are still looking for it.  It was last seen in the vicinity of Tao's Mums.  I think I should go next door and thank him for the Eclipse Glasses, don't you?

18 comments:

  1. The neighborly thing to do is to go thank him for the glasses for sure! Did you get close enough to sniff the turtle?

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  2. we had no idea you could make a noise like that....

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  3. I love your death screams☺ Turtles are so cool, aren't they!

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  4. TOO funny. You were SO excited weren't you. Your Mom probably remembers the story of Barkley and the box turtles from the farm in Missouri. https://thebookofbarkley.blogspot.com/search?q=free+willy

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  5. That was an awesome scream. Really. We bet your mom really appreciates it! And ours actually is very fond of turtles.

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  6. ooooooooooooooooooooooooooH my Woos I had no idea you were such screamers...OMCs I'm totally 100% impressed. Quite frankly I think your greetings made the itty bitty turtle legs move just a tad faster. What fun(ny) videos. Mom says to thank you mom for the warning to be prepared

    Hugs madi your bfff

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  7. Do you think that might have been Angel Thunder Dunder's pal Tommy Turtle? TD loved to pat them on the shell with his big paw:)

    Misty is now getting very excited to hear the Siberian Death Scream - hope she doesn't try to imitate it:)

    Woos - Lightning

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  8. OMD, a turtle?!?! How could you NOT scream at it? OMD, your momma has NO sense of urgency.

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  9. What a beautiful turtle Maggie and I have to say your crying sounds just like Hunter's, but a little deeper. I'm glad you didn't try to taste it.
    Have a great weekend.
    Wags,
    Noreen

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  10. That was *THE* best Siberian death scream everrrrrrr! You could be in a metal rock band! Woo! Okay, a turtle is pretty cool...I think my FiveSibes would go a bit crazy if they saw one! And knowing our Bandit, she'd have had Turtle Soup. :-0 (She just had Woodchuck Stew, much to this mom's hysteria! Ah, such is life with Huskies).

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  11. are you sure you aren't a Wookie, Cammie?
    we think the turtle is really cool! he could move pretty fast :) we think you both need to go and thank your neighbor. separately.

    pip, smidgen, minnie, hollie, sharpie, ditto, TL

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  12. Wowee! a turtle! I think I would have been screaming at him too!
    hugs
    Mabel
    Hazel too

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  13. Wow, I've never heard the Siberian Husky scream - that was really impressive! Your efforts to go back outside must've been very impressive too. I never realized there could be a turtle in your area!!

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  14. Of course you should go next door and thank him for the glasses - it's the polite thing to do ! What fun - I've never seen a turtle.

    Inca xx

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  15. OH MY!!!!! Where did those turtles come from????????? Was it from your "OCEAN???" BOL!! Thankfully Dakota is outside taking a walk or he would have lost his mind hearing you!!! BOL!! DakotasDen

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  16. We think you girls were imagining him as a walking tennis ball. We would get excited for a turtle too.

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  17. LOL
    We know you girls are just welcoming the turtle to the neighborhood. Singing the beautiful song of your peoples. We understand. Hope you get to see a lot more of him or her :)
    Love and Hugs
    Addie, Lucie and Hailey

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  18. Wow, that is sooooo exciting! And we loved your loud screams, they were the best!

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