this post was submitted on 09 Sep 2023
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Animals with Jobs

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You can read more about Jenny here.

TL;DR: Jenny the Boykin spaniel helps search for ornate box turtles at the Conservancy’s Nachusa Grasslands Preserve in Central Illinois. The dogs find more turtles in 2-3 hours than humans would in a week. The dogs are very gentle, and they carry the turtles without injuring them. The turtles are tracked and tested for preservation purposes.

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[–] LolcatXTREME@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Nooooooooooooooo!

[–] candyman337@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I thought they said turtle CRACKER and I was very distraught for a moment lmao

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

No turtles were cracked in the making of this Lemmy post!

[–] restlessyet@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

same here, lol

[–] Astroturfed@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I found a box tortoise when I was a child and brought it to show and tell. Teacher apparently freaked out my mom about how bad it was that I put it in a box and we took it somewhere like this lol.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

I'm just imagining it from the turtle's perspective.

Little guy is cowering in his shell