u/sicsempertyrannis133

I came across a turtle sitting in the middle of a two lane road today. I'm not sure of the species but it wasn't an eastern box turtle which I see most often. It was a larger turtle.

I picked the turtle up and moved him about two or three feet off the side of the road in the direction it was facing. As I approached it shelled up but released some liquid from the back right side. I picked it up and it released quite a bit more from the same location.

At this point I'm blocking the road and someone is waiting on me so I didn't inspect or photograph anything.

Was the turtle okay or is that a natural reaction to two-legged predators? I've never seen it like that before and I've moved a few turtles across the road.