Observations made with binoculars from the vantage point of a blind provide the only information that I have concerning the reactions of box turtles to one another under natural conditions. Turtles foraging in a bare area were not startled by the approach of other turtles, and turtles moving across the area seemed to take no notice of turtles already there, regardless of whether these turtles were moving or not. Adults and subadults behaved in approximately the same manner. Individuals traveling or foraging in rough terrain or in grassy areas probably are unable to see each other even when they are close to one another. Conversely, box turtles can see each other and are surely aware of each other's presence in bare, flat areas. These facts suggest that no social hierarchy exists in _T. ornata_. On one occasion an adult male and a juvenile (hatched the previous autumn) were found foraging next to one another on the same pile of cow dung. When an individual became motionless in an attitude of wariness after having detected me in my blind, its behavior evoked no response on the part of other turtles, a few feet away. INJURIES Fire, freezing, molestation by predators, and trampling by cattle or native ungulates are only a few natural sources of injury to which box turtles have always been exposed. Man's civilization in the Great Plains, chiefly his automobile and other machines, have compounded the total of environmental hazards. Automobiles now constitute a major cause of death and serious injury to box turtles. Each year thousands are struck on Kansas highways alone, not to mention the many casualties resulting from mowing machines, combines, and other farm machinery.