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Wildlife Biologist Studies Gopher Tortoise Habitat in Mississippi
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Ian Fischer/USFWS
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Date Shot/Created
05/28/2024
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Fish and Wildlife Biologist Leah Bleke scopes a gopher tortoise burrow near Carriere, Miss., May 28, 2024.
Ecosystem
Forest
Species
Homo sapiens
Gopherus polyphemus
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Leah Bleke
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Biologists (USFWS)
Forests
Reptiles
Science
Surveying
