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Gopher Tortious

Photo by ColtMooney
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Description:

Looks like a gopher tortoise hole

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a.vicente419
Looks a lot like one to me. I have worked with them in GA. I do not know their distribution in Mississippi though. There are 3 other tortoises in the genus Gopherus.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2013

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