Desert Tortoise - eating fruit of pricky pear cactus (Gopherus agassizii). Arizona, USA. A completely terrestrial desert species requiring firm ground for construction of burrows, frequents desert oases, riverbands, washes, dunes, and occasionally rocky slopes. Burrows often found at bases of bushes may be 3 to 30 feet long and may be occupied by one to many individuals. Short tunnels afford temporary shelter and long ones called dens used for estivation and hibernation. Eats herb, grasses or c

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Desert Tortoise - eating fruit of pricky pear cactus (Gopherus agassizii). Arizona, USA. A completely terrestrial desert species requiring firm ground for construction of burrows, frequents desert oases, riverbands, washes, dunes, and occasionally rocky slopes. Burrows often found at bases of bushes may be 3 to 30 feet long and may be occupied by one to many individuals. Short tunnels afford temporary shelter and long ones called dens used for estivation and hibernation. Eats herb, grasses or c

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