Yea, if it smells like Carol you can bet its probably dead........

Just give it some time and see if you spot it.......hopefully
alive.......

On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 10:01:45 -0500, "Reel Mckoi"
wrote:

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==="dolelyt" wrote in message
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===I am not sure if my 9" red ear slider has 'escaped' or dead. The pond
=== has a muddy bottom and quite big. I am just wondering if the body of
=== any dead turtle float or sink? If they float, then I haven't seen
=== anything floating so it must be still alive, in the pond (hopefully) or
=== somewhere.
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===I think it's still warm enough in most parts of the USA for it to float if
===it's not caught in something below the surface. If you start getting a
===faint whiff of something dead then start searching for it.


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