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Marker detail: Pocket Gophers
Photographer: Charlie Crisafulli, USDA Forest Service
Caption: Marker detail: Pocket Gophers
Additional Description: These mammals excavate tunnels across the plain as they forage for plant roots. Their damp tunnels provide shelter for frogs, newts, and salamanders as they travel across the sun-baked valley. Gopher waste helped fertilize establishing plants.
Submitted: October 31, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p546965
File Size: 0.950 Megabytes

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