The Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo is a 10-acre zoo in Gainesville, Florida. Located on Santa Fe College's main campus, it is the only college zookeeper training facility in the United States. Since 20
Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo entrance, August 2019
Bald eagle at the zoo
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The gopher tortoise is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is native to the Southeastern United States. The gopher tortoise is seen as a keystone species because it digs burr
Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo
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Gopher Tortoise Gopherus polyphemus, Lake June in Winter Scrub State Park, Lake Placid, Florida 31527638716
Carapaces of hatchlings are yellow, but they take on a darker color as they mature.
Bleached shell of dead gopher tortoise
Gus, the oldest known gopher tortoise, lives at the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History. (August 2019)