Photo By/Credit
Ian Fischer/USFWSDate Shot/Created
05/28/2024Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Ecologist Cole Bleke measures the width of a gopher tortoise burrow near Carriere, Miss., on May 28, 2024
Ecosystem
Forest
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