JamieGilmour "Gopher Tortoise" [7/3/07]

JamieGilmour · Post by **JamieGilmour** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:15 pm

Since the bald eagle is not on the endangered list, I decided that Colbert is a great name for the busy male gopher tortoise who also is trying to get off of the threatened species list.

little colbert the gopher tortoise

http://one.revver.com/watch/320927

Luminous · Post by **Luminous** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 5:36 pm

Wow! He moves pretty fast for a tortoise!

JamieGilmour · Post by **JamieGilmour** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 5:52 pm

Luminous wrote:Wow! He moves pretty fast for a tortoise!

Well, he has to make his rounds and try to attract the girls in the various burrows. He's fast when he does his rounds. lol The girls are fast when they see him...they run for their burrows. Poor guy. lol Since yesterday, we've gone from 7 to 8 burrows in our yard. They dig very fast as well. Strong diggers.

chershaytoute · Post by **chershaytoute** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 12:35 pm

Boy, this guy DOES look as if he's on a definite and decisive mission. I love this guy, Jamie! I hope we'll see more of him (and progeny? <huge grin>)

JamieGilmour · Post by **JamieGilmour** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:53 pm

Well, if you are interested in gopher tortoises, I created a group and uploaded a video for the group on youtube. If you want to join it or even if you have your own experiences or info or vids or anything, you can go here to join.

http://www.youtube.com/group/gophertortoise