Gopher tortoise in the Gardening for Wildlife forum

May 1, 2017 2:46 PM CST

Name: stone
near Macon Georgia (USA) (Zone 8a)

The romance of the chase...
I was able to get 4 seconds of head bobbing on video before the batteries gave out on my camera.
posted video to my blog.

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stone

Aug 24, 2017 4:25 PM CST

Name: stone
near Macon Georgia (USA) (Zone 8a)

A baby!

Aren't these supposed to be kind of rare....
like hen's teeth rare?

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LindaTX8

Aug 24, 2017 7:57 PM CST

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Name: Linda Williams
Medina Co., TX (Zone 8a)

They'd be very rare here, since I have never seen wild tortoises here...too dry, I guess!

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. E. B.White
Integrity can never be taken. It can only be given, and I wasn't going to give it up to these people. Gary Mowad

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flaflwrgrl

Aug 24, 2017 8:52 PM CST

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Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
North Fl. (Zone 8b)

stone said:

A baby!

Aren't these supposed to be kind of rare....
like hen's teeth rare?

Awwwwwwwwww, it's so tiny! Cute.
I don't think they're exactly hens teeth rare. I do know they are protected, at least here in FL.

I am a strong believer in the simple fact is that what matters in this life is how we treat others. I think that's what living is all about. Not what I've done in my life but how I've treated others. ~~ Sharon Brown

| @flaflwrgrl | Post #1535113 (4)

stone

Aug 25, 2017 7:01 AM CST

Name: stone
near Macon Georgia (USA) (Zone 8a)

Actually.... I was referring to seeing babies....
I have an entire colony of adults living at my house.... But what I've read about the little ones.... Makes it sound like reproduction is kind of a thing that the experts are somewhat baffled by.

Please visit my garden!

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flaflwrgrl

Aug 25, 2017 8:12 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
North Fl. (Zone 8b)

stone said:Actually.... I was referring to seeing babies....
I have an entire colony of adults living at my house.... But what I've read about the little ones.... Makes it sound like reproduction is kind of a thing that the experts are somewhat baffled by.

Oh yeah, the babies. I read that something like 90% of the babies don't make it very long at all. Prey for a lot of other things plus there are diseases & so forth.

I am a strong believer in the simple fact is that what matters in this life is how we treat others. I think that's what living is all about. Not what I've done in my life but how I've treated others. ~~ Sharon Brown

| @flaflwrgrl | Post #1535276 (6)

florange

Oct 31, 2017 5:22 PM CST

Name: Arlene
Florida's east coast (Zone 9a)

I get the little yellow ones walking down the sidewalk and then into my yard. They are so sweet! Where I live, yep, they are protected until someone wants to build a house on a lot, then, protection? What protection?

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fwmosher

Feb 13, 2018 5:25 PM CST

Name: Frank Mosher
Nova Scotia, Canada (Zone 6a)

Ann, what a coincidence!!! Today, on local CBC radio, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, the guest speaker was a Mr. Andrew Hebda , curator of the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History. Amongst other topics, he was talking about their one "Gopher" tortoise, which he thought was near 100 years old. I think he needs a mate!! You should contact him. Cheers!

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flaflwrgrl

Feb 13, 2018 6:11 PM CST

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Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
North Fl. (Zone 8b)

LOL Frank! He can come down here to FL & find many. It's illegal to disturb them in any way & no way one would be allowed to remove one.

I am a strong believer in the simple fact is that what matters in this life is how we treat others. I think that's what living is all about. Not what I've done in my life but how I've treated others. ~~ Sharon Brown

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flaflwrgrl

May 27, 2019 7:28 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
North Fl. (Zone 8b)

I am a strong believer in the simple fact is that what matters in this life is how we treat others. I think that's what living is all about. Not what I've done in my life but how I've treated others. ~~ Sharon Brown

| @flaflwrgrl | Post #1984412 (10)

stone

Jun 6, 2019 1:57 PM CST

Name: stone
near Macon Georgia (USA) (Zone 8a)

tortoise and lactuca

also a carrot...

I have plenty of veggies... tortoise can eat all it wants.

Please visit my garden!

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Last edited by stone Jun 6, 2019 1:59 PM

stone

Aug 5, 2020 1:02 PM CST

Name: stone
near Macon Georgia (USA) (Zone 8a)

Tortoise eating yellow cosmos...

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terrafirma

Aug 5, 2020 6:16 PM CST

Name: Tara
NE. FL. (Zone 9a)

Great pics!

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flaflwrgrl

Aug 5, 2020 7:56 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
North Fl. (Zone 8b)

Yes! Eat hearty fella or ma'am.

I am a strong believer in the simple fact is that what matters in this life is how we treat others. I think that's what living is all about. Not what I've done in my life but how I've treated others. ~~ Sharon Brown

| @flaflwrgrl | Post #2321587 (14)

LindaTX8

Aug 7, 2020 2:22 AM CST

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Name: Linda Williams
Medina Co., TX (Zone 8a)

Cute! Wish we had the tortoises, but they don't seem to like my area.

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. E. B.White
Integrity can never be taken. It can only be given, and I wasn't going to give it up to these people. Gary Mowad

| @LindaTX8 | Post #2322398 (15)

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