Regardless of why they would want to cross the road, doing so is dangerous for turtles, especially since a certain percentage of the population will try [to run them over.][1]

However, [snapping turtles are dangerous][2] enough that I am certainly not going to try and pick one up, so how would I help one get to the other side of the road without hurting it?


  [1]: http://gizmodo.com/5927083/roadkill-experiment-shows-that-six-percent-of-drivers-are-sadistic-animal-killers
  [2]: http://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/14005/what-breed-is-this-very-large-black-turtle-tortoise-found-in-the-northeast-uni/14006#14006