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tortoise <tortoise(s)> [ˈtɔːtəs] N

tortoise

龟 guī

tortoise

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Gopher tortoises can live more than 40 years. en.wikipedia.org

Between these groups tortoises throw jets of water. en.wikipedia.org

Ward employs two of these, one with a black pickguard, and one with a tortoise shell pickguard. en.wikipedia.org

Gopher tortoises spend most of their time in long burrows, up to 14.5 m in length and 3 m deep. en.wikipedia.org

The investigators offered the explanation that seropositive tortoises had survived an initial infection, then developed chronic disease. en.wikipedia.org

Throughout the wetland regions, aboriginals hunted for kangaroo, emu, snakes, tortoise, mudfish, gilgies and water birds and their eggs, to name a few food sources. en.wikipedia.org

The taking of gopher tortoises for sale or use as food or pets has also had a serious effect on some populations. en.wikipedia.org

The famous testudo (tortoise) formation was utilized to protect the advancing legions. en.wikipedia.org

These forests also provide habitat for gopher tortoises, which, as keystone species, dig burrows that provide habitat for hundreds of other species of animals. en.wikipedia.org

Juvenile tortoises tend to eat more legumes, which are higher in protein, and fewer grasses and tough, fibrous plants than mature tortoises. en.wikipedia.org

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