Thu Apr 22, 2021, 08:42 PM

Florida Woman Survives Being Hit By Flying Turtle

Huffington Post
04/22/2021 11:33 am ET

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — It’s not unusual for rocks and other debris to crash through a windshield and injure a driver or passenger — but a turtle?

A 71-year-old woman riding with her daughter on Florida’s Interstate 95 suffered a gashed forehead Wednesday when a turtle smashed through the windshield of their car, striking her, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reports.

The daughter pulled over and got help from another motorist. According to a 911 recording, both were surprised by what they found.

“There is a turtle in there,” the man can be overheard saying.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/flying-turtle-hits-florida-woman_n_608194c0e4b0e7cb020bfbcf

Turtle was apparently unharmed.

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9 replies	Author	Time	Post
Florida Woman Survives Being Hit By Flying Turtle (Original post)	Wicked Blue	Apr 2021	OP
Hard to believe that a turtle was tossed by traffic on I-95...	Sancho	Apr 2021	#1
As God is my witness I thought turtles could fly.	Ocelot II	Apr 2021	#2
The shape of their shell resembles an airfoil	Major Nikon	Apr 2021	#3
Perhaps feeding them sauerkraut and beans	Wicked Blue	Apr 2021	#5
Flapping their flippers would not create sufficient thrust	Ocelot II	Apr 2021	#7
Gamera? NT	cinematicdiversions	Apr 2021	#4
(WARNING: GRAPHIC) The fam were driving down a Flaw'duh highway with me in the back seat	Grokenstein	Apr 2021	#6
There is one logical explanation	NotASurfer	Apr 2021	#8
At the ER, they always ask you what happened.	zanana1	Apr 2021	#9

Response to Wicked Blue (Original post)

Thu Apr 22, 2021, 08:52 PM

Sancho (8,809 posts)

1. Hard to believe that a turtle was tossed by traffic on I-95...

...with thousands of cars going bumper to bumper. I'd bet someone threw it out of a window or something.

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Response to Wicked Blue (Original post)

Thu Apr 22, 2021, 08:56 PM

Ocelot II (105,649 posts)

2. As God is my witness I thought turtles could fly.

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Response to Ocelot II (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 22, 2021, 09:06 PM

Major Nikon (36,138 posts)

3. The shape of their shell resembles an airfoil

But the method of propulsion seems to be lacking

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Response to Major Nikon (Reply #3)

Thu Apr 22, 2021, 09:15 PM

Wicked Blue (5,071 posts)

5. Perhaps feeding them sauerkraut and beans

would supply the means

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Response to Major Nikon (Reply #3)

Thu Apr 22, 2021, 09:36 PM

Ocelot II (105,649 posts)

7. Flapping their flippers would not create sufficient thrust

to overcome the drag created by the rough surface of the shell. Also, unless the turtle manages to achieve far more velocity than a turtle is normally capable of, the difference between the speed of the air traveling over the carapace vs. the air flowing across the plastron would be insufficient to create any lift at all. Does it work in the water, though?

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Response to Wicked Blue (Original post)

Thu Apr 22, 2021, 09:15 PM

cinematicdiversions (1,969 posts)

4. Gamera? NT

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Response to Wicked Blue (Original post)

Thu Apr 22, 2021, 09:21 PM

Grokenstein (5,398 posts)

6. (WARNING: GRAPHIC) The fam were driving down a Flaw'duh highway with me in the back seat

when a huge turtle stomped out into the roadway (1-75? US-19? It was a long time ago). We didn't hit it; the truck to our left did, and didn't brake at all. I had burned into my memory the horrific sight of a smashed shell spinning next to our car, slinging gore like a pinwheel firework of turtle guts.

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Response to Wicked Blue (Original post)

Fri Apr 23, 2021, 12:33 PM

NotASurfer (1,908 posts)

8. There is one logical explanation

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Response to Wicked Blue (Original post)

Sat Apr 24, 2021, 08:43 AM

zanana1 (5,540 posts)

9. At the ER, they always ask you what happened.

"A flying turtle hit me" would have been great.

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