Creature of the day: The Gopher Tortoise 🐢🐢 The gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is native to the southeastern United States. The gopher tortoise is seen as a keystone species because it digs burrows that provide shelter for at least 360 other animal species. G. polyphemus is threatened by predation and habitat destruction. Gopher tortoises are herbivore scavengers and opportunistic grazers. Thus, their diets contains over 3
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For our End-of-Year Fundraising Campaign, your Giving Season support helps us build the Gopher Tortoise Alliance’s first-ever rehab pens for injured tortoises! 🐢🩺 Gopher tortoises are running out of safe habitat — and the ones left face constant threats from cars, dogs, and development. These pens will give recovering tortoises a safe place to heal before returning to the wild — a critical step in protecting this threatened species. 🏥🌱 When you give, you’re protecting the tortoises, their bu
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