Hatchling Gopher tortoise feeding

Small brown, ta, and black shelled tortoise halfway into a feeding dish full of lettuce. A second tortoise is behind it in a plastic tube that acts as shelter.
Photo By/Credit

Radich, Jessica/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
12/08/2018
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Hatchling Gopher tortoise feeding. Gopher tortoise head-starter program.
Facility
Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery
Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery
Species
Gopherus polyphemus
Subject tags
Biologists (USFWS)
Endangered and/or Threatened species
Reptiles
Wildlife management
Wildlife refuges
Work of the Service