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KSC-07pd1855
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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — A gopher tortoise searches for food at the edge of a road near Launch Pad 39A. Their primary food sources are low-growing grasses and herbs, with their favorite foods being gopher apple and saw palmetto berries. They will eat the pads, fruits, and flowers of prickly pear cactus as well. They will occasionally also eat bones from dead animals, presumably to get calcium.
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Credit lineKSC-07pd1855. NASA/KSC, 2007-07-11. Public domain. ID: KSC-07pd1855.
