Re: Win-win, tortoise and rail?
Author: Pdxrailtransit
Date: 07-06-2020 - 14:23
Ms. Pasternak Wrote:
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> > Reading the Wikipedia article...
>
> Wikipedia is hardly a reliable and authoritative
> source. Their burrowing prowess has nothing to do
> with their ability to "find" tunnels - they roam
> around on the ground looking for food, water, and
> mates - tunnels are not involved in this process.
> Give me a shovel and enough time and I can dig a
> burrow, too, but if my eyes were 3" off the ground
> I'd still have a hell of a time finding a tunnel
> under the railroad tracks.
Article mentions that a combination of low fences and tunnels has reduced tortoise road kills by 93% on Hwy. 58 in California. And a reference is listed.