The tortoise and the hare 2001 – On Thursday as I was getting up grass clippings I neglected to collect on my previous mowing, I found a baby turtle and returned it to a nearby pond. This morning after mowing I was watering one of the trees and saw a patch of down moving as it became wet. Newborn mammals were nesting in my front yard, rabbits I assume. 2 were alive one was not. I wondered if I stepped on them as I was mowing, or worse. I am not a big PETA-card-carrying animal loving softie like Janeen, but as I look out the window at the present deluge I wonder if they will survive the night.