what is gopher tortoise favorite food
Gopher tortoises eat many things. They eat grasses, weeds, herbs, fruits, mushrooms, pads, and flowers of prickly pear cactus. Some of thier favorite foods are gopher apple and saw palmetto berries. They will also eat bones from dead animals.nce they find their food they sniff it and start chomping away.Mostly they eat many grasses as their diet.The tortoises don't have teeth just beaks to eat their food.Then they use their tongues to bring food into its mouth. Tortoises really don't search for water unless there is a drought.