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Roaming the Red Hills: Peeking Into Gopher Tortoise Burrows at Birdsong Nature Center

3 minutes 17 seconds

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In part three of the exploration of north Florida and south Georgia, a group of students go looking for the gopher tortoise. While at Birdsong Nature Center, they learn the importance of the turtles' burrows. Part of the "Roaming the Red Hills" series.

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Runtime: 3 minutes 17 seconds

A tortoise being held in a pair of human hands. Caption: Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) Look at their front feet. They're just like shovels.
Roaming the Red Hills
Episode 3
3 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Fingers of land with inlets of water. A large flat bridge in the background. Caption: Ochlockonee Bay. (Sash) It feeds that huge marine estuary down there,
Roaming the Red Hills
Episode 6
3 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 8
Small light and dark brown butterfly with wings closed sitting on a leaf. Caption: (Sally) Some of these butterflies are challenging--
Roaming the Red Hills
Episode 11
5 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12