Comments on: Spotlight On… http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=3077 Educational programs, games and more Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:02:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: nature http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=3077&cpage=1#comment-634 nature Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:04:44 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=3077#comment-634 Some great guesses this week! To be exact, this week’s specimen was a gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus). To learn about some of the differences between turtles and tortoises, check out this website:
San Diego Zoo, Reptiles: Turtle & Tortoise.

To see pictures and videos of gopher tortoises (and to learn more about them), check out these websites:

ARKive: Gopher tortoise
Defenders of Wildlife: Gopher Tortoise
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources: Gopher Tortoise

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]]> By: Pedro http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=3077&cpage=1#comment-628 Pedro Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:08:31 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=3077#comment-628 A turtle!! :D

]]> By: Rosy http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=3077&cpage=1#comment-627 Rosy Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:06:43 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=3077#comment-627 Turtle

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