Bottas Valley Gopher

Description:

had yellow teeth.Seen in an open space of Mt Diablo. Botta’s Pocket Gophers are very important because they make the soil richer. They push minerals from the deeper parts of their burrows toward the surface. Their burrowing helps make richer soils by mixing air, water, plant parts, animal wastes, micro-organisms and minerals. Richer soil helps the gophers too, because it make plants grow bigger and faster, which makes more food for gophers to eat!