Davis County Clipper | 1988-01-06 | Page 28 | Reptiles Careful

Reptiles careful HOW DID THE REPTILE CROSS THE ROAD? Very carefully. care-fully. According to "National Wildlife" magazine, every time a snake or turtle crosses the road, there's one chance in 12 he won't make it. In one experiment, a biologist placed plastic reptiles on highways and studied 22,000 attempted road crossings. His findings: 87 percent of motorists went out of their way to avoid the animal, six percent w- ent out of their way to hit it, and 7 percent scored accidental hits. Not surprisingly, twice as many drivers made a special effort to hit a snake than to strike a turtle.