Quality time with #PocketGophers: Close encounters with #underground #mammals https://blog.nature.org/2024/02/18/quality-time-with-pocket-gophers/

"they have super-sensitive whiskers and tail, that enable them to negotiate the dark tunnels. Their tail is so sensitive in detecting the sides of tunnels that they can run backwards almost as fast as they can forward... Pocket #gophers have super-sized cheek pouches... They can be turned inside out for cleaning."

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