True story. My wife, being the veterinarian that she is...

...is driving down the road with me and suddenly screeches the brakes. There is a snapping turtle crossing the road in our lane just waiting to be run over, apparently.

My wife puts the car in park, jumps out and grabs him/her by the carapace. They have very long necks and he tried to bite her.

Being a vet, she knew better than to grab it in the "landing zone".

She carried it back to the pond and let it go.

There were 5 cars stacked up behind us. I pulled out my crowbar from the trunk and kindly explained the circumstances to each of them.

Coincidently, I didn't receive any ill will.