As one of the oldest living species on the planet, gopher tortoises are now threatened. Nesting season is from May to mid-July, with typical clutches of 4-8 eggs. Hatchlings emerge from the nest from late August through early November and face immediate threats. As TNC’s Sid Godfrey explains, TNC’s efforts to protect and restore the gopher tortoise population begins with collecting tortoise eggs from the wild. We thank the Mississippi Army National Guard for providing funding as well as logistic
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This baby Gopher Tortoise was found crossing a dirt road after visiting a conservation site. Baby gopher tortoises are becoming harder to find as their population become too old to reproduce and their habitats become more fragmented. Seeing one in the wild is often a positive sign for the local population and habitat conditions.🐢 📸Quentin Fairchild | Mississippi Museum of Natural Science
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Yes — spotting a Baby Gopher Tortoise at Hundred Acre Hollows is entirely plausible and actually a sign of healthy habitat! Here are a few key things to keep in mind and what this means. 🐢 Why spotting a baby tortoise is a big deal • Gopher tortoise eggs and young face extremely high mortality: “ about one in every hundred eggs will survive to hatch”.  • Thus: seeing a baby tortoise indicates successful nesting, incubation, hatching and survival of early vulnerabilities. • It also suggests tha
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