box turtle
not wanting to be boxed in—
skedaddling....
—from ten feet away, this turtle immediately caught sight of us and, as we slowly approached, kept absolutely still, its eye focused on us...then gradually the turtle began very slowly to pull in its legs and head....then in a flash took off running away.
—we’re all hard-wired for survival and in response to feeling threatened, will automatically respond in one of three ways: fight...flee...or freeze. it was interesting to observe the turtle responding to us in survival mode. good thing he didn’t feel the need to attack!
