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Does the eastern diamondback rattlesnake have a special home?
They will use burrows dug by other animals, such as gopher tortoises.
Why is a gopher tortoise a keystone species?
Gopher tortoises dig burrows in areas where it is very hot in the summer and there is little shade. Other animals escape from the heat in these burrows. The burrows also provide shelter during cold nights in the winter, and a place for small animals to escape wildfires.
Are Gopher Tortoises Amphibians?
No
How do gopher tortoises meet their need for energy?
gopher tortoises are just one of the many inhabitants of the upland ecosystem
Why are gopher tortoises considered animals?
it lives in the wild
How are gopher tortoise endangered?
Gopher tortoises are listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN. This is threatened, but not quite endangered.
A cool fact about gopher tortoises?
An interesting fact about gopher tortoises is that these animals have front legs that are shovel-like and used for burrowing or digging. The burrow of a gopher tortoise can be 10 feet deep. This animal can live up to 60 years.
What biome does the gopher tortoise live in?
Gopher tortoises live in the southeastern United States, which is mostly warm temperate and subtropical pine forest.
What do gopher tortoises eat?
plant called wiregrass is so used to fire that it germinates, or grows, out of its seeds, after a fire. The bare soil that remains after a fire is a soft and fertile soil bed. The wiregrass plant uses this soil bed to put down its roots. Without regular fires, wiregrasses might be taken over by trees and other plants that grow faster and taller. An animal in Florida that likes to eat wiregrass is the gopher tortoise. Wiregrass is a big part of a gopher tortoise's diet, so regular fires mean gopher tortoises have a regular food supply.
How do desert tortoises stay safe?
Desert tortoises spend about 95% of their lives in underground burrows, safe from predators and the hot sun.
Name South American burrowing rodent?
An Agouti is a large guinea pig type of rodent which may live in burrows.
What kind of a ''home'' does a desert tortoise have?
Desert tortoises dig long burrows.
