Look at this little guy!!!!
He was sitting in the middle of the road on my morning bike ride…just sitting there sunning himself.
The bad part is that it’s a road that backs up towards a river – so lots of different animals – but also lots of idiot drivers who speed along that road since it’s kind of in the middle of nowhere.
I picked him up and moved him into the grass.
I hope he’s doing ok out there! I was tempted to bring him home, but we don’t need another mouth to feed!
Looks like a gopher tortoise: http://www.google.com/search?q=juvenile+gopher+tortoise&hl=en&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=3pEBUIHuHoaa8gSCjIDzBw&ved=0CD4Q_AUoAQ&biw=1440&bih=785
We saw two of these little critters at Econlockhatchee Sandhills Conservation Area yesterday. Way to go for moving it out of the street!