To celebrate #WildTurtleWeek, take a moment to appreciate this important ecosystem engineer: the gopher tortoise! More than 350 different species have been documented using the burrows that gopher tortoises create. As you can see in this video, these range from mammals, like the imperiled Florida mouse, to amphibians, like the secretive gopher frog! Hundreds of invertebrates also use the burrows, and some species cannot persist without them. To help support gopher tortoise conservation, FWC rese
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Take a look inside a gopher tortoise burrow! Biologists discovered a tortoise deep inside this burrow at Branan Field WEA in northeast Florida during a survey in December. Gopher tortoise burrows average 15 feet in length and 6.5 feet deep. The standard methodology we use is Line Transect Distance Sampling (LTDS) with burrow scoping that allows biologists to count actual tortoises and not just the burrows. Historically, the FWC counted burrows and estimated two burrows per tortoise. The LTDS met
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Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) sitting outside its burrow absorbing the morning sun in Florida. Gopher Tortoise is considered threatened on the Endangered species list.
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Did you know that the Gopher Tortoise can live 40-60 years? They dig deep burrows averaging to be about 15 feet long and 6 and a half feet deep! They are considered a threatened species and are protected under Florida law. This one is one of our friendly locals you may have an encounter with here at Port Cove RV resort! #gophertortoise | Port Cove RV Resort
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