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Gopher
* 'browser' for gopher sites, wais sites, and ftp sites.
* All gophers are small mammals, yet are larger than many other rodents.
* Internet browsing program.
* Most gophers eat plants
  - roots
  - vegetation
  - emerge from hibernation
* Most gophers enter artificial burrows
* Most gophers feed on crops
* Most gophers have brown fur which often closely matches the color of the soil in which they live
  - necks
  - predators
  - short necks
* Most gophers live in areas
  - more rural, prairie areas
* Most gophers occupy habitats
  - rocky habitats
* Most gophers produce sound
  - whistle sound
* Most gophers reach maturity
  - sexual maturity
  - share burrows
  - survive in climates
* Some gophers are really ground squirrels or marmots.
* Some gophers consume grass
  - taproots
  - dig tunnels
  - eat bait
* Some gophers have cats
  - different feed habits
* Some gophers occupy hemispheres
  - western hemispheres
  - occur in areas
  - vary in length.
  * ' are small, burrowing rodents. There are over 100 kinds of gophers in America. Gophers have long front teeth, tiny features, and short tails. They live in very complex tunnels underground. They live by themselves and feed on roots and shrubs. They are known to be pests and ruin people's lawns and gardens
* affect plants through disturbance of soil and herbivory.
* also eat earthworms or small, soft-bodied insects
  - vegetables that grow beneath the surface
  - favor tree bark, particularly that of stone fruits, and can girdle trees
  - feed on large vegetables like carrots, garlic, and onions
  - love to devour the roots from underneath, so be vigilant
  - search databases by keywords
* always plug their tunnels and feedholes.
* appear to prefer to dig through dry soil.
* are a text only, menu driven system for accessing information on another server
  - very common rodent found in most areas of North America
* are active all year around, and live underground, in burrows that they dig themselves
  - year round, solitary and territorial
  - an easy way for the novice or the expert to gather information
  - attracted to the roots
  - found in a wide variety of soil types and conditions
  - gluttons, pure and simple
  - grass eaters and therefore are less than appreciated by ranchers
  - herbivores
  - how a few attorneys use paralegals
  - known for building complex underground tunnel systems
  - larger, brown ground dwellers
  - located in gardens
  - menu-based resources of text files
  - notorious hoarders
  - often affectionate with one another if a paternal bond is present
* are omnivores and love to eat fruit, vegetables, roots and seeds
  - nuts, berries, grass, bulbs, leaves and insects
  - prey to predators, including hawks, owls, snakes, coyotes, weasels, and badgers
  - retrieval tools which rely on a hierarchical menu
  - rodents with tiny tails, ears, and eyes
  - sandy brown to dark chocolate brown
  - search engines that deliver documents, rather than links to other sites
  - secretive and tend to live in the dark, a bit like the Internet
  - shy creatures that prefer to spend most of their time underground
* are solitary and somewhat territorial
  - animals except when breeding or rearing young
  - vegetarians eating plant roots, grass and green plant material
  - very important animals
* automate the process of connecting to resources.
* avoid things that smell of humans.
* burrows help to cycle nutrients and provide space for air and water to move through the soil.
* can also gnaw on and damage plastic water lines and lawn sprinkler systems
  - collect large hoards
  - live in a wide variety of soil types and conditions
  - move backwards just as fast and nimbly as running forward
  - reproduce rapidly once they invade a favorable site
* client-server application.
* clip off roots and strip bark below ground from young trees in windbreaks and orchards.
* create horseshoe shaped mounds that are often destructive to farm equipment.
* destroy gardens.
* distributed, menu-oriented database that today spans the entire Internet.
* double play on words.
* eat mostly plant roots but also some above-ground parts, including alfalfa crown buds
  - roots, tubers, corms, and rhizomes exposed in their burrows
* eat roots, bulbs, grass, tubers, and seeds
  - foliage, just about anything a plant produces -and more
* feed on roots, grasses, herbs, and seeds
  - stems, and leaves
* fight by trying to tip each other over, like slow-motion sumo wrestling.
* give dogs and foxes a seemingly irresistible urge to dig.
* global information delivery service that is distributed across the Internet.
* grows by the minute.
* have brownish soft fur, large check pouches and flattened heads with small ears and eyes
  - large paired incisor teeth
  - long front teeth , tiny features , and short tails
  - small external ears, small eyes, and lips that close behind their large incisors
  - stomachs
  - very sensitive noses
* hierarchical, menu-based arrangement.
* huge Internet-wide information database which is arranged as a menu structure.
* includes brains
  - breasts
  - cell membranes
  - cells
  - chest cavities
  - chests
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - faces
  - nuclei
  - pedal extremities
  - piluses
  - plasma membranes
  - rib cages
  - sections
  - skulls
  - sterna
  - vacuoles
  - vertebrate feet
* inflict damage.
* invade yards.
* is an Internet software application that organizes information
  - early form of an Internet browser
  - early, text only method for accessing Internet documents
  - example of a commonly used protocol for searching networked information
  - information system enableing the user to move within certain internet resources
  - infoserver which can deliver text, graphics, audio, and multimedia to clients
  - internet tool that helps users to retrieve information on the internet
  - older protocol that groups and links documents together
  - older, less-used information service that was a precursor to the Web
* is another Internet protocol
  - information distribution service within the Internet
  - standard way to send and receive information on the Internet
  - way of working on the Internet
  - basically a menu-driven file retrieval system
  - distributed document delivery service available on the Internet
  - essentially a text-retrieval system
  - one of a new breed of tools that are making the Internet easier to use
* is one of the best ways to locate information on and in the Internet
  - services provided by Internet sites
  - really a global network of interconnected machines and communications links
  - software that allows document retrieval using menus
  - the color brown with a beige belly and nose
* is the name of a software program that finds electronic files
  - an Internet access method
  - used across the Internet to provide menu-based access to resources
* is used to access information stored on computers around the world
  - read information on the Internet that has been made available to the public
* large database managed by super-computers.
  - on roots, seeds, and other plant parts and serve a valuable ecological role
* menu based application that accesses a series of of indexes throughout the world
  - system of accessing Internet information
* menu driven information provider
  - system for accessing text and other data on the internet
  - system which provides a simple consistent method to navigate around the Internet
* menu-based method of browsing and retrieving information
  - navigation tool for the Internet
  - utility designed for locating and accessing resources
* menu-driven program for picking and choosing among the thousands of Internet resources
  - system that provides access to the information resources of the Internet
* menu-style utility that makes connection to the Internet very easy.
* method of accessing information on the Internet by means of hierarchical menus.
* mounds dull and plug sicklebars when hay is being harvested.
* primarily use their teeth and huge front claws to excavate their burrows.
* program that is like a text version of the web.
* provide a simple way of using Internet resources.
* require a lot of energy and don t hibernate.
* seal the openings to the burrow system with earthen plugs.
* security tool.
* see better than moles but their sense of hearing is approximately equal.
* seek roots, and destroy the plants or trees in the process.
* service that enables the user to navigate through Internet information easily
  - organizes information into menus
* sometimes damage trees by girdling or clipping stems and by pruning roots.
* system for searching hierarchical directories on servers anywhere on the Internet.
* text viewer that can be used to follow hyperlinks between different documents.
* text, directory-based browser for a massive hierarchival text database.
* text-based searching system.
* text-only network, usually quite fast.
* then use their forefeet and chest to push the soil out of the burrow.
* tree structured menu system and several hundred servers are connected.
* type of software which provides a menu-based access to Internet resources.
* use their sense of smell to locate food.
* usually live alone
  - tunnel searching for food underground
* very easy way to find documents and other information resources.
* way of transferring files on the Internet from one computer to another.
+ Pocket gopher, Appearance: Geomyoid rodents :: Agricultural pests
  * Gophers are heavily built, and most are moderately large. They usually  weigh a few hundred grams. A few species reach weights approaching 1 kg. Most gophers have brown fur which often closely matches the color of the soil in which they live. Their most characteristic feature is their large cheek pouches. The 'pocket' in their name comes from these pouches. These pouches are fur-lined, and can be turned inside out. They extend from the side of the mouth well back onto the shoulders. They have small eyes and a short, hairy tail which they use to feel around tunnels when they walk backwards
  * All pocket gophers are burrowers. They are larder hoarders, and their cheek pouches are used for transporting food back to their burrows. Gophers can collect large hoards. Their presence is unambiguously announced by the appearance of mounds of fresh dirt about 20 cm in diameter. These mounds will often appear in vegetable gardens, lawns, or farms, as gophers like moist soil. They also enjoy feeding on vegetables. For this reason, some species are considered agricultural pests. They may also damage trees in forests