“Theodorable” the turtle was in the wrong place at the right time.
While crawling through a preserve in May, he was discovered during a turtle survey conducted by the Forest Preserve District of Will County.
At first glance, he looked like the state-threatened ornate box turtles the District is working to protect and recover. But it turned out Theodore was a hybrid – half Eastern box turtle and half ornate box turtle – and that posed a threat to the preserve’s small ornate box turtle population…