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8 Bone Eating Animals
Bones are hard to digest and can be downright dangerous to eat, but some animals have evolved pretty bizarre adaptations to accommodate their crunchy, splintery diets.
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Desert Tortoise sunning
Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) extreme closeup of face, suns itself in the Mojave Desert
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Desert Tortoise eating
Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) side view, eating foxtails during a drought year in the Mojave Desert.
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Desert Tortoise eating
Very Old, Very Large Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) side view, eating during a drought year in the Mojave Desert.
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Desert Tortoise eating
Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) side view, eating foxtails during a drought year in the Mojave Desert.
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Desert Tortoise eating
Very Old, Very Large Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) side view, eating during a drought year in the Mojave Desert.
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Desert Tortoise walking down road
Very Old, Very Large Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) rear view, walking in the Mojave Desert, side view.
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Two young children watching Desert Tortoise eating
Two young children, a boy and a girl watch a desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) eating alongside a trail in the mojave desert.
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Pbs Learning Media: Desert Tortoise
This video segment from Outdoor Nevada examines threats to the desert tortoise population. [4:02]