gopher

Example Sentences

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One example of how the partnership can succeed, Tenny said, is the gopher tortoise.

From Seattle Times

“Without lifesaving Endangered Species Act protection for our gopher tortoises, urban sprawl will keep driving them ever closer to extinction,” said attorney Elise Bennett, the center’s Florida director.

From Seattle Times

Every so often, the owl, which first appeared in November, takes off to hunt for a rat or a gopher under the night sky.

From New York Times

One of them—a tapeworm Gardner fished out of a camas pocket gopher—turned out to be a species new to science.

From Scientific American

People took turns watching over the drip irrigation system, clearing out weeds and making sure gophers didn’t gobble up anything.

From Los Angeles Times