Brad Kolhoff drills a tag hole while Julie Ross steadies one of the gopher tortoises included in the research project. Kolhoff is with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and Ross is a field technician for the City of Marco Island. The drilling is painless, and done through one of the tortoise's 'scutes,' which protrude out like large fingernails.

Photo by QUENTIN ROUX

Brad Kolhoff drills a tag hole while Julie Ross steadies one of the gopher tortoises included in the research project. Kolhoff is with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and Ross is a field technician for the City of Marco Island. The drilling is painless, and done through one of the tortoise's "scutes," which protrude out like large fingernails.

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