Gopher tortoises can be up to forty feet long and have strong, scaly legs that are like alive garden trowels. Amanda was also helping rehab injured tortoises for months before releasing them back into the wild. She started learning about their burrows and how so many other animals will share their burrows. The gopher tortoise is considered a keystone species because of its important role in ecosystems.

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