Saw My Old Buddy Elvis Today

[Silver Britches]

Riding through some of my hunting woods today with dad, and saw my little buddy Elvis near his gopher hole. Been seeing him there for 2 or 3 years now, I reckon. His hole is right beside the dirt road, and I usually see him in it. But today I caught him a short distance from it. If I were to ride up on him when he's right next to his hole, he'll haul tail down in it to hide. He's a little camera shy. When I'm in the area, I will always ride that way to check on him. They're cool little jokers.

I call it a he, but there's no telling how old he/she is. They can live a very long time. Just look at that face. He looks very angry!

See you again before long, Elvis!

 

[pjciii]

He is probably thinking "I'll show you what for. Just stay there i will be there in an hour"

 

[earlthegoat2]

That area get burned recently?

Might explain why he looks so POed.

 

[Silver Britches]

That area get burned recently?

Yes.

 

[wvdawg]

Gave you a good shot!

 

[DAVE]

His face looks like he stole it from a social justice warrior, never happy.

 

[earlthegoat2]

Yes.

So I went down a tortoise hole searching the internet about how they survive fires and help 300 some other species of critters along the way.

I never realized how deep their burrows went.

Pretty neat.

 

[NCHillbilly]

Cool critters. I've never saw but one in the wild. I was down in Wilcox County near Abbeville hog hunting several years ago, and saw one under a plum tree gobbling fallen plums. They're bigger than I expected.

 

[bfriendly]

Elvis is a straight up Tortoise right? I remember every once in a while we’d see one growing up in Florida. He’s a stud and she’s gorgeous…….which ever applies
Hope it doesn’t have to go too far for eats. Your very fortunate to have a wild pet like that. Bet it’d tear up a carrot if it found one close by……just saying.

 

[Silver Britches]

Elvis is a straight up Tortoise right? I remember every once in a while we’d see one growing up in Florida. He’s a stud and she’s gorgeous…….which ever applies
Hope it doesn’t have to go too far for eats. Your very fortunate to have a wild pet like that. Bet it’d tear up a carrot if it found one close by……just saying.

He’s a Tortoise. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_tortoise

 

[rip18]

Awesome! Gotta love gophers!