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Sharp teeth allow gophers to chew through all kinds of soil, roots and also defend itself. |
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Strong claws allow adult gophers to move to the surface up to 400 tons of soil per year. |
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Built for digging, large muscular forearms and shoulders for digging through rocks and compressed soils |
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Artifical grass, and putting greens are great for gophers to tunnel underneath. Typically laid on top of sand, the digging is easy and unless you know what to look from these run go unnoticed especially in golf courses. |
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Male gopher - as you can see, the tail has fur and is not as many claim online. We wanted to set the record straight. A Gopher is NOT a rat. |
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Normal sized gopher. These extremely destructive rodents are capable of damaging pools and homes, biting and spreading diseases. Microbials, parasites and fleas are common. All carry tapeworm. Never handle or allow pets to dig after or eat, as tapeworm is easily spread.
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Long strong teeth are strong enough to chew through tree roots, PVC pipe, electrical lines, asphalt and concrete. |
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This adult female gopher was killed as she was transporting food to it's mate. The den is located underneath the customers swimming pool. The den was underneath the boulder and cool decking. |
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This male gopher and his mate have lived under this large swimming pool for some time. They caused cracking in the deck and wall, damaged electrical wires at the same spot where both were killed. Gophers can easily locate pools by following pipes and wires. |
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Adult pregnant female was caught in a rural farm, another reason for over-populations of gophers and other rodentia. |
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This is one "gift" from one tunnel system, leading into a den area, where a female gopher HAD been. Each leaf has been rolled and glued together. Inside, was a yellow substance, it looked like pollen. |
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This is the second of the two "gifts" found in the tunnel system of a male. Without any females, he is resorting to "gifts". These are incredibly rare and most have never seen these before. |
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A young pocket gopher about 2 months old |
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This gopher is only a few weeks old |
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When trapped correctly, all females will be eliminated, and the male is always the last, which is extremely aggressive. |
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Gopher trapped from a tunnel leading directly underneath the edge of a pool | ||
For the record, pocket gophers come in many colors, a single color, banded, spots, stripes, etc. In Mexico, some were black with orange spots, others white with multicolor spots. So when you read anything about gophers and you read they only come in browns, you'll know what you're dealing with. |
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