Turtle
“In a very real way, [the innate intelligence of turtles] is like having the minds of the last million generations whispering over your shoulder into your ear for your benefit.”
— Natasha Nowick, President of Turtle Rescue League
TURTLE
The Turtle Crossing
Seconds after the car crushed your shell
and blood dripped to the pavement,
with no facial muscles or vocal chords
you let out a gasp, mouth wide open,
a hiss I’ll never forget.
TURTLE
What a Turtle Knows
Last week I witnessed a snapping turtle get terribly injured in the middle of rush-hour traffic. Getting her across the street and on to a facility where she can heal wasn’t easy. It made me realize what people like Natasha Nowick of Turtle Rescue League in Massachusetts go through every day. Her interview begins right here.
TURTLE
Insatiable
It was the age of gluttony, when just the act of eating turtle soup was a statement of social superiority, feeding the voracious appetite for status on both sides of the Atlantic. A schooner had just docked at New York Harbor.
TURTLE
Decolonizing the World in Turtle Time
Turtles* date back an incredible 230 million years to a time before the dinosaurs, before most mammals, and before birds. Before there were even continents. Their evolutionary history goes so far back, in fact, that we could almost begin their story with these three words: