Found On The Net: Turtles Race Against Jets

We all know of the fable about the hare and the tortoise had a contest, the slow but steady tortoise won the race.

This is no fable: a group of close to 200 turtles, cousin of tortoise, won the race against the jets at JFK airport in New York on June 28, according to news report:

"Nearly 200 diamondback terrapins landed on Runway 4L in an amphibious assault that brought several jumbo jets to a standstill, Port Authority officials said.

Coming ashore from Jamaica Bay, the turtles crawled across a taxiway and the runway in search of a serene and sandy place to lay their eggs."

To read a more detailed report and watch a vidio go to:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/yo_get_the_shell_out_of_the_way_yPGvyUwynrokkx05V3LH2I#ixzz1QnMlyS3J

You can listen to the pilots and the control tower going back and forth to figure out when and how the jumbo jets could use the runway.