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
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
They look like a cross between an otter and a gopher but they taste something like a rabbit or dark meat from turkey.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2025
If the gopher tortoise goes extinct, as foreseen, the dusky gopher frog is one species that will likely follow.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2023
“Possibly two of the three, Nell,” Aunt Kitty called from the back room, her arms in the wardrobe again and digging so quickly that she seemed like some sort of high-strung gopher.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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