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This book will appeal to all ages, from 10 up. The hundreds of color photos and easy text make clear the behavior and daily life of this important animal. You will find a detailed and first-rate explanation of the critical role this fascinating tortoise plays in shaping the upland environs of Florida and the Southeast. You will also find out how scientists study them and try to protect them from t... More

This book will appeal to all ages, from 10 up. The hundreds of color photos and easy text make clear the behavior and daily life of this important animal. You will find a detailed and first-rate explanation of the critical role this fascinating tortoise plays in shaping the upland environs of Florida and the Southeast. You will also find out how scientists study them and try to protect them from the inevitable human encroachment on their habitat. Gopher tortoises are in a desperate struggle for territory and food, indeed for the very survival of their species. And survive they must. The survival of so many other species depends on them. The burrow of a gopher tortoise provides shelter (and sometimes food) to about 400 other species. And it's not an overstatement to say that the human species depends on the health of the gopher tortoise and its entire natural community.

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