^^^ I tried a couple times to place painted turtles in my pond....doesn't work. They will kill themselves trying to escape...they won't adapt.
Yes, there is a lot more to see riding bike. My route in the mornings is all back roads (paved) and it's 18, 20 or 22 miles round trip, depending on how far I wish to go. It's a rectangle, so I don't ride the same road twice in the same trip.
On Sat. or Sun. mornings, I sometimes can do almost the whole route without a car passing me from behind. (Sundays are fun because I might pass 5 or 6 Amish buggies loaded for church)
They can only go about 12 mph without the horses breaking into a gallop.