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09-Mar-2025	Donald E. Casavecchia

Gopher Tortoise

New Smyrna, Florida

We headed to Smyrna Dune's Park and hiked the very long loop boardwalk. Lots of gopher Tortoises. (counted 17 on my hike).
Actually saw lots of these tortoise in many areas of New Smyrna.

Nikon Z 6II ,NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S Z TC-2.0x
1/500s f/10.0 at 600mm iso250
UnCropped RAW DX Image full exif

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Don		08-Apr-2025 22:16
A fascinating creature. I can't imagine what its habitat is like.

Claude Gagnon		08-Apr-2025 13:38
Nice encounter with this very big one rarely seen here :))

Carl Carbone		08-Apr-2025 12:27
Cool find!

Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal		08-Apr-2025 12:25
Beautiful low angle shot.

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