i had a not-so-great reptile incident a few weeks ago... riding at the desert conservancy place just north of Jtree. ending my day and just cruising down the luge route back to the car. about halfway through i go over a small rise and there is a dog just off the trail. this guy yells at me "have you seen my dog?" - "yeah he's right here."
i stop and look down, and the dog is playing with something that looks like a small football. it's a f** tortoise. i jump off my bike and yell at the dog to drop it and leave it. of course the dog starts snarling at me. i get between it and the tortoise and it is going ape ****. guy finally comes over and is trying to chase the dog away. i'm like "dude, your f** dog is trying to eat a f** tortoise." "ah man, it's no big deal, the turtle is just scared, that's all...." ugghh.
anyway, he can't get his dog to go away, so he picks up the tortoise and hands it to me and tells me to ride off with it. f*.... so i do, and his f**** dog is chasing me. finally the dog goes back to him and i ride for a ways and put the tortoise down. i dug a pit next to the tortoise and emptied my camelback into it. luckily i had about a liter left or so. i've heard when tortoises get scared they urinate all of their water out and it puts them at danger of dehydration.
what a crappy way to end an otherwise excellent day of riding.
