A gopher tortoise in the grass. The tortoise is positioned diagonally from the top right to the center of the photo. Its shell is mostly brown with some grey spot, with several lines through it. The tortoise has its head out of the shell and up and its legs are spread out in both directions in front of it. Grass and other plants are in front of it and at the left.

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Tortoise eating green plants. The tortoise is dark grey. It has a beaked snout and large claws; its hard shell is somewhat covered in dirt and mud. The background is green grass and other plants.

Gopher tortoise eating at Blue Spring State Park, FL.

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