Tiny turtle mating ritual grounds planes at JFK
A flight being delayed due to weather or a mechanical fault isn’t exactly out of the stretch of our imagination. But a group of amorous turtles crossing the runway?
But that’s exactly the case at New York’s John F. Kennedy airport where tiny turtles from the nearby Jamaica Bay attempt to cross the runway to lay their eggs in the sand.
As you can see in the video above, it’s quite the event.
Several attempts have been made to prevent turtles accessing the runways, but somehow they manage to find a way. In fact last year almost 163 of the little creatures managed to gain access to airport territory at the major international hub.
To learn more about this ritual, check out the video above.
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Video credit: YouTube / ABC News
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