Sex crazed turtles shut down JFK airport

SparkyTech

All those randy turtles shutting down an international airport...wanting to get their groove on :pac:

SEX-crazed turtles shut down a runway at New York's JFK Airport this morning as they crawled across the tarmac heading for their seasonal breeding grounds.

Runway 4L was shut down starting about 9:30 a.m., the Federal Aviation Administration said.

Port Authority workers were still working an hour later to move the slowpokes to safer ground.

"We may have a few delays, but nothing significant," said FAA spokeswoman Arlene Salac.

JetBlue reported the turtle incursion on Twitter around 9:40 a.m.

"Running over turtles is not healthy for them nor is it good for our tires," the airline said.

“Be advised 30 feet into the takeoff roll, left side of the centerline, there’s another turtle,” called the pilot of American Airlines Flight 1009, a Boeing 767 that had just taken off for the Dominican Republic.

“There’s another one on the runway?” asked the controller.

“Uh, well he was there,” the pilot said as the plane climbed into the air.

Turtles also delayed several flights earlier this week.

The turtle invasion is an annual event at Kennedy. They're in the middle of their spawning season, when the females crawl out of Jamaica Bay onto the runway in search of higher ground to lay their eggs.

Badgermonkey

Thank God Shredder's not around to see it.

Lost the run of themselves altogether.

_feedback_

I'm shell shocked.

Jumpy

Perverts in a halfshell.

youcancallmeal

Thats turteley insane!

SparkyTech

Im blowing up all over my shell with these witty puns :P

5starpool

Why don't they install a net or something to stop them getting on the runway?

Sykk

People began tweeting about the turtles soon after the news broke. Within 8 hours, @JFKTurtles had almost 3,000 followers on Twitter, even from airline accounts like Jet Blue who had this to say:

"Oh @JFKTurtles, we could never stay mad at you ... Glad you made it to your honey moon spot safe."

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Perverts? Sex-crazed? Jesus, they're just looking to mate. You see the same thing in Temple Bar with humans every Friday and Saturday night, but no one starts a feckin thread about it!

Jumpy

Ikky Poo2 wrote: »

Perverts? Sex-crazed? Jesus, they're just looking to mate. You see the same thing in Temple Bar with humans every Friday and Saturday night, but no one starts a feckin thread about it!

They would if they got run over by a plane.

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5starpool wrote: »

Why don't they install a net or something to stop them getting on the runway?

Presumably the turtles were doing this long before that runway came along. How about you just let the turtles do their thing and delay a few flights? (which in fairness is what they seem to be doing).

Oink

5starpool wrote: »

Why don't they install a net or something to stop them getting on the runway?

Jeeze you're quite the eco-warrior aren't you... :pac:

starviewadams

Poor auld turtles!

pickarooney

This happens every year. Has history tortoise nothing?

Wetai

More (Turtle) Power to them

policarp

Slowpokes...:D

Daniel S

http://wtfbot.net/pix/206.png

JimiWonderDoor 92

Turtle shells make good clogs. That is all.

EDIT 1: They make a good warning for not smoking during pregnancy

EDIT 2: They taste good too

allydylan

three cheers for puns !!

mconigol

Sex crazed? Really?

Manic Moran

They could always do what they do on Christmas Island Airport during the crab season: Run graders/ploughs down the runway just before each flight to clear the crabs off.

NTM

Sticky_Fingers

LiamN wrote: »

More (Turtle) Power to them

I wouldn't want to have to clean up all those pizzafied turtles, you'd run the risk getting a splinter from all the half shells.

policarp

Adult Migrant Horny Ninja Turtles...

Eoin_Sheehy

Groups went out to hurry them accross the runway, that would put me off anyway.