OMG! Turtle eating salad and croutons Caught on tape in florida! Turtles are amazing

this is a turtle eating salad. she clearly loves salad. oh, and captain crunch, too. I like turtles! they are beautiful animals... they are truly amazing!
Gopherus polyphemus is a gopher tortoise species native to the southeast United States. G. polyphemus is seen as a keystone species because it digs burrows that provide shelter for hundreds of other species. They are threatened by predation and habitat destruction.

G. polyphemus is a representative of the genus Gopherus, which contains the only tortoises native to North America. This species of gopher tortoise is the state reptile of Georgia.
Anatomy and physiology
G. polyphemus can have a shell up to 37 centimeters or 14.6 inches in length.[1] On average, individuals are a bit less than one foot long. The gopher tortoise's carapace is a solid dark-brown to grayish color. Hatchlings are more yellowish in color. They have hind legs reminiscent of those of an elephant, shovel-like forelimbs, and a gular projection on a yellowish, hingeless plastron.[1]

Male gopher tortoises have two subdentary scent glands under the chin.[2] Males are distinguished from females by their concave plastron and longer tail, but the sexes can be difficult to tell apart.[1]

[edit] Ecology
G. polyphemus is most common in the state of Florida, but its range also extends to Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, southeast Louisiana,[1] and the southernmost corner of South Carolina.[3]

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[Walter5734]

Hello to you nice folks but with all do respect this is not a Terrapene carolina its a Gopher polyphemus what state do you live in Florida ?

[BlueSta1n]

@Walter5734 I live in florida, florida. Thanks for the info! I changed it!

[BClotus]

My gopher tortoise is an almost exact duplicate. Good, enthusiastic pets.

[unitedstateskingdom]

What type of turtle is that ?

[DylanLee60]

Turtles ARE tortoises.

[qqdaemon]

Turtles rule

[blatherblather1]

Adorable video, but it's a tortoise. Not a turtle.

[TheSlimySquid]

great!

i have a turtle vid just like it

[BobstaxRawr]

Its like "OMG FOOD!!"

[UnidudeRS]

HE DIDN'T EAT CROUTONS. YOU TRIPPIN'

[hardcorelor]

awww adorable! beautiful tortoise. No pyramiding on the shell either!