So, where to begin?
I'm still in Japan. That's a start.
Today I went bike riding along Yanasegawa river. I meet an older woman who found a turtle, that she claimed was 10,000 years old. No, this was not a misunderstanding, as I seriously asked her in Japanese. She proceeded to insist that I not only take the turtle, but keep it as a pet. She then gave me very detailed instructions on how to care for a turtle.
The shocking part came when, as she was telling me all this stuff, she started to pet the things head. The turtle did NOT enjoy this, and to let her know took a huge chunk of flesh right off her finger. Seriously. I mean this woman basically should have gotten stitches. She started screaming with a turtle hanging off of her finger, running around like crazy. Her corgi dog started barking like crazy and running around also.
You may be happy to know that we released the turtle into the river, after dislodgeing it from the old lady. The corgy was not yet settled down when we left.
There are pictures of this turtle, which shall be up. Maybe tomorrow.
