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            The Post Turtle Story
I first read this story way back then.

“While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75 year old Texas rancher, whose hand was caught in a gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man.

Eventually the topic got around to politics and then they discussed some new guy who was far too big for his shoes as a politician.

The old rancher said, ‘Well, ya know, he is a post turtle’. Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a ‘post turtle’ was.

The old rancher said, ‘When you’re driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that’s a ‘post turtle’.

The old rancher saw a puzzled look on the doctor’s face, so he continued to explain. ‘You know he didn’t get up there by himself, he doesn’t belong up there, he doesn’t know what to do while he is up there, and you just wonder what kind of a dumb ass put him up there in the first place.’ “

Painted turtle. (male) large claws.
Wildwood Park, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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Taken in: United States / Pennsylvania / Susquehanna Township / Beaufort Farms (show map)

Taken on: October 29, 2016

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Painted turtle (Chrysemys picta).

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Canon EOS 70D

TAMRON SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD A011

150-600 mm

Wildwood Lake

Wildwood Park

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Nature

Wildlife

Herpetology

Reptile

claws

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NGC

Tamron

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Eastern painted turtle (Chrysemys picta)

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United States of America

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Camera: Canon EOS 70D, f/5.6, 1/80 sec, 375mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

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Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.013 sec (1/80)
Focal Length:	375mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	sRGB
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