Yesterday this article was published in a local Swedish newspaper, about two turtles that was seen walking on the ice of a large pond in Malmoe. Since we've had between -15 C and 0 C (5-32 F) during several months now, my guess is that some owner has dumped them there ? Since I'm into Redfoots, I cannot tell what kind of turtle they are (yellow eared slider perhaps???), but I doubt they could have survived the winter so far ?
What you guys think ?
http://www.sydsvenskan.se/malmo/skoldpadda-raskade-over-isen/
A translation of the article with google becomes rather funny...
Turtle pitter-patter over the ice
Malmö. Swedish, mathematics, physical education - and turtle rescue. Today's school schedule looked a little different for the kids at Ting Pond School in Tonganoxie.
Emilia Cronström and colleague Lotta Olsson, a teacher at Ting Pond School, received on Tuesday afternoon, a slightly different task.
- We were out in the yard with the kids. Then a girl came and said it was a turtle on the sidewalk and on the ice, says Emilia Cronström.
A turtle out on a limb to say the least. Outdoors, middle of winter and crawling a frozen pond.
- It is a man-made pond. It's not great, but it does not give up on it and the turtle had gone too far out that it would reach it, says Emilia Cronström.
The turtle that was a landlubber in this context took the teachers and the children with them into the warmth of the school. Then they called emergency services for help to rescue the other turtle.
- This was the day's events for the children, she says.
After a successful rescue were turtles bask a little before departure to Malmö Animal Hospital.
- When they left, they perk up and be more active, the heat they received had made them good, says Lotta Olsson.
What you guys think ?
http://www.sydsvenskan.se/malmo/skoldpadda-raskade-over-isen/
A translation of the article with google becomes rather funny...
Turtle pitter-patter over the ice
Malmö. Swedish, mathematics, physical education - and turtle rescue. Today's school schedule looked a little different for the kids at Ting Pond School in Tonganoxie.
Emilia Cronström and colleague Lotta Olsson, a teacher at Ting Pond School, received on Tuesday afternoon, a slightly different task.
- We were out in the yard with the kids. Then a girl came and said it was a turtle on the sidewalk and on the ice, says Emilia Cronström.
A turtle out on a limb to say the least. Outdoors, middle of winter and crawling a frozen pond.
- It is a man-made pond. It's not great, but it does not give up on it and the turtle had gone too far out that it would reach it, says Emilia Cronström.
The turtle that was a landlubber in this context took the teachers and the children with them into the warmth of the school. Then they called emergency services for help to rescue the other turtle.
- This was the day's events for the children, she says.
After a successful rescue were turtles bask a little before departure to Malmö Animal Hospital.
- When they left, they perk up and be more active, the heat they received had made them good, says Lotta Olsson.
Something had eaten it's legs and it didn't survive in the end. We knew birds were after it, so perhaps they inflicted the damage.
