I like turtles [Archive] - NYCAviation Forum

Mateo

2014-07-03, 11:03 PM

Apparently, thunderstorms and a 4+ hour GDP wasn't enough for JFK today... it was also Turtle Day.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/04/nyregion/diamondback-turtles-terrapins-takeover-jfk-kennedy-international-airport.html

megatop412

2014-07-04, 10:58 AM

LOL great title, interesting article too

Aviation.High.Guy

2014-07-04, 12:19 PM

http://airchive.com/galleries/2435.jpg

:wink:

Landing Lights

2014-07-07, 07:20 AM

Yay for the JFK Turtles! I heard a mention of "turtle clearing operations" over LiveATC.net, though they didn't indicate how extensive it was.

Speedbird1

2014-07-07, 09:37 AM

Turtles are adorable reptiles and have been here way before man. It sickens me that certain oriental groceries slaughter them as a delicacy. I wish that laws would get passed to protect them but they are not endangered so I guess it will never happen. Hope that JFK continues to protect them unlike the eradication of Canadian Geese carried-out in recent memory at Prospect Park, Brooklyn.