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The Wonder of the Tortoise Tunnel

"In Florida, Sir David Attenborough uses a remotely controlled camera to follow a Gopher Tortoise into a burrow and see the wealth of life that uses it to take refuge from the elements. Wildlife video from Sir David Attenborough's natural history masterpiece, Life in Cold Blood."

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darkfeather : LVL 30: VP 3.9: said:

darkfeather

14 votes NegativePositive

244 days 4 hours ago...

FUCKING STALKER!!!

rocknrollray : LVL 23: VP 3.2: said:

rocknrollray

-4 votes NegativePositive

243 days 21 hours ago...

Tortoises FTW

MaxPowers_00001 : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

MaxPowers_00001

-4 votes NegativePositive

242 days 22 hours ago...

^Tortoises For The Win?

nikitomassini : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

nikitomassini

70 votes NegativePositive

233 days 20 hours ago...

is it just coincidence that there happened to be a convenient bush fire while Attenborough was filming???

sn00ke : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

sn00ke

30 votes NegativePositive

233 days 20 hours ago...

I`d like to come back as a tortoise, just look at them. They`re so fucking mellow about everything.

Oh Joo dunno : LVL 30: VP 3.9: said:

Oh Joo dunno

0 votes NegativePositive

233 days 19 hours ago...

Armadillos are soo weird....therefore I want one.

Cerberus77 : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

Cerberus77

19 votes NegativePositive

233 days 18 hours ago...

Starting a fire for education FTW!

[sic]jester : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

[sic]jester

12 votes NegativePositive

233 days 17 hours ago...

Now there`s a dude who loves what he does, and is happy because he does what he loves.

Ichigo_101 : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

Ichigo_101

2 votes NegativePositive

233 days 16 hours ago...

Im a tortoise when im stoned

red_scorpio : LVL 22: VP 3.1: said:

red_scorpio

5 votes NegativePositive

233 days 16 hours ago...

Run tortoise! Run!

4ev3r : LVL 25: VP 3.4: said:

4ev3r

11 votes NegativePositive

233 days 16 hours ago...

2:57 fastest fucking tortoise in the world!

Cahu : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

Cahu

-1 votes NegativePositive

233 days 15 hours ago...

*Tortoise sees fire*
*Tortoise runs to burrow*
*Burrow full of other animals*

x05sween : LVL 15: VP 2.4: said:

x05sween

5 votes NegativePositive

233 days 9 hours ago...

^best way to start an orgy! the tortoise knows!

wooly15 : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

wooly15

3 votes NegativePositive

233 days 4 hours ago...

^^*Tortoise says "WTF? You F`ing freeloaders!"*

NW64 : LVL 1: VP 1: said:

NW64

2 votes NegativePositive

232 days 22 hours ago...

For those that don`t know, that was a controlled burn. It is done for many reasons:
1) a lot of Florida`s flora depend on occasional wildfires to unlock nutrients locked up dead plant matter
2) invasive plant species cannot survive the wild fires, while native plants are well adapted to them
3) doing a controlled burn reduces the fuel load in the brush (dead plants, dry leaves, etc) so when a real unplanned fire strikes, it doesn`t turn into a California monstrosity.

The tree bark on a lot of trees is layered and only the very surface will burn (try lighting a phone book on fire and see how far you get). Also, there is a special grass, I think it`s called needle or wire grass, whose seeds do not germinate until scortched by fire.

For those who care, my best guess is this was filmed at Weedon Island (St. Petersburg), which before becoming a park, was once a film studio, and even one of the first airports in the world. The compacted ground couldn`t support vegetation until the turtles started digging and loosening the dirt, reviving the entire island!!!

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