Air traffic at America’s busiest international airport has been disrupted after turtles wandered on to the runway in search of a sandy beach to lay their eggs.<\/p>\n The turtles began their stately passage across John F Kennedy airport in New York on Wednesday morning, undeterred by the potentially lethal obstacles between their seasonal breeding grounds.<\/p>\n The creatures delayed flights, shut down a runway and forced staff outside to hurry the slow-moving animals to safer ground. Runway 4L was shut down for an hour as Port Authority teams worked to move the animals, the New York Post reported.<\/p>\n Continue reading Guardian story here.<\/a><\/p>\n Carol Van Strum included the lyrics to “Terrapin Station” by the Grateful Dead when she sent this story along:<\/em><\/p>\n Terrapin station<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Inspiration, move me brightly. Light the song with sense and color; <\/em><\/p>\n Counting stars by candlelight, all are dim but one is bright; In the shadow of the moon, terrapin station. Terrapin station – at the siding<\/p>\n While you were gone, these faces filled with darkness. <\/em><\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n Sullen wings of fortune beat like rain. Turtle chaos: terrapins delay flights at JFK By Alexandra Topping, Guardian UK Air traffic at America’s busiest international airport has been disrupted after turtles wandered on to the runway in search of a sandy beach to lay their eggs. The turtles began their stately passage across John F Kennedy airport in New York on Wednesday … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40982"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/191"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40982\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/150+terrapin.jpg?resize=150%2C98&ssl=1\" "\\"150+terrapin\\"")
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\nHold away despair, more than this I will not ask.
\nFaced with mysteries dark and vast, statements just seem vain at last.
\nSome rise, some fall, some climb, to get to terrapin.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nThe spiral light of Venus, rising first and shining best,
\nOn, from the northwest corner, of a brand new crescent moon,
\nWhile crickets and cicadas sing, a rare and different tune,
\nTerrapin station.<\/p>\n
\nAnd i know we’ll get there soon, terrapin station.
\nI can’t figure out, terrapin, if it’s the end or beginning, terrapin,
\nBut the train’s put it’s brakes on, terrapin,
\nAnd the whistle is screaming, terrapin.<\/p>\n
\nThe obvious was hidden. with nothing to believe in,<\/p>\n
\nYou’re back in terrapin for good or ill again, for good or ill again.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"