Found a baby Gopher tortoise in the road this morning apparently hit by some distracted driver no doubt on their cell phone....
He was upside down and cars were going by....
I saw him from a distance and stopped to check him out. Can't assume anything is dead just because it's laying motionless in the road. He had blood on his head only - so I figured got hit in the head. He moved his head a little when I picked him up so I turned around to go home and wash him off so I could see better plus I called the
Marine Science Center in Ponce Inlet to let them know I was bringing him in.
They looked at him and said they would x-ray and try to determine extent of damage and if brain was affected or not. At least he will be euthanized and out of pain if it's determined he won't have quality of life.
I'll contact tomorrow and see what they determined.....
