Here’s what you do – you go over to Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park, somewhere near Heron Island, and start up your pig call. Soooo-weeeee! And soon you’ll see pig-nosed turtles, weighing up to 30 pounds.
Like this ugly customer. Click to expand.
Do some people abandon pets at Golden Gate Park?
Yes, some people do.
The plaintive wail from the owner of this green Ford Ranger pickup on the mean streets of NOPA / Western Addition:
“EVERYTHING HAS BEEN STOLEN ALREADY. [Sobbing Ninja Turtle icon, possibly Leonardo.] DON’T BOTHER!”
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Here are your clues about whether your turtle is a red-eared slider – does it slide off of rocks into the water when you get too close and does it have red where you’d expect it to have ears, as shown? Well then, you’ve got yourself an exotic, invasive animule that doesn’t belong in Golden Gate Park.
The best place to see these critters is Golden Gate Park – here’s one from Stow Lake.
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Bad turtle! That’s a bad turtle, go away!
The San Francisco Bomb Squad seems to be having a busy 2009 already, non? Yesterday evening, another incident backed up traffic quite a bit in the area around Kezar Stadium, with a parade of blocked vehicles reaching all the way to the interesting intersection of Fell and Masonic.
SFWeekly Snitch Matthew Smith has some info about the large blast that resulted.
When the bomb squad doesn’t send in the robot, they have the option to use this guy. It takes quite a while to get this Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle outfit on. Click to expand:
Have a safe 2009.
[UPDATE: Apparently, the suspicious object wasn't that suspicious at all.]
