gopher
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This year, while setting up a bubble machine to shower celebrants, Leigh saw a gopher pop its head up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
He expects many animals, like the gopher snake, made it through the fire by hunkering down in the cracks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
His Turner Endangered Species Fund, launched in June 1997, has worked to save gopher tortoises, monarch butterflies and leopard frogs, working mainly with private landowners.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
An example is the gopher tortoise, which digs burrows that are used by more than 350 other species for breeding, feeding, protection from predators and avoiding extreme temperatures.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2023
But as time went on the gopher began to be a little impatient, for no female appeared.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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