GOPHER TORTOISE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Habitat..............1
• Food..................2
• Different kinds...........3
• Size/weight..............4
• Description.............5

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Special skills........6
• Other interesting facts....7
• Family groups/life cycles...8
• Glossary........................9

HABITAT

• Gopher tortoises live in Flordia.
• They also live in Georgia and South Carolina.

FOOD

• They eat vines and grasses.
• They also eat berries and fruit.

DIFFERENT KINDS

• One of the kinds are Galapagos tortoise.
• Another is the speckled tortoise.

SIZE/WEIGHT

• They weigh 4.5 kg ( 10 pounds).
• They can also weigh 29 pounds.
• They can be 9 to 11 inches.
• They can also grow 16 inches.

DESCRIPTION

• They have claws and a beak.
• They also have growth rings.

SPECIAL SKILLS

• They can dig tunnels with there claws.
• It can hide in its shell when danger is near.

FAMILY GROUPS/LIFE CYCLE

• It goes from egg to young to adult.
• They are all by there selves.

GLOSSARY

• Growth rings shows how old they are.
• Galapagos tortoise is one of the biggest tortoises in the world.
• South America is a continent.
• Florida is a state in the USA .
• Beak is the thing one a tortoises mouth to help it eat.