The surprise meeting turned into a hilarious and safe encounter, all thanks to training. The scene looked like a recipe for a backyard chase: a gopher poked its head out of a hole just inches away ...
They booped noses!
It started as a go-for-broke experiment, but it wound up saving an ecosystem.
Gopher Tortoise Day is April 10. NPCA is working to save this keystone species, because entire ecosystems in Florida and other states would unravel without it.
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