JFK turtles bring runway traffic to a crawl -- and start tweeting
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Maybe the most amazing part of a JFK airport story involving turtles on the runway is that the reptiles now have their own Twitter feed, @jfkturtles, with more than 2,800 followers and many witty tweets.
To catch up the slowpokes here: About 150 turtles crawled onto the runway at New York City’s JFK airport Wednesday morning, delaying flights as crews cleared them from the tarmac. The incident occurred about 6:45 a.m. New York time, an FAA spokesman told Associated Press.
This has happened before at JFK. In July 2009, a runway was shut down when about 80 turtles crawled from the bay to the tarmac, a seasonal event linked to their spawning cycle.
In both cases, the turtles evaded Transportation Security Administration checkpoints. In two tweets Wednesday, the reptiles explained:
“We go straight to the runway because it takes 5 hours to get out of our shells for the TSA” ....”And the shell pat down option is too awkward.”
AOL has a few more details, at this link.
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