Gopher Tortoise at North Beach Community Park, New Smyrna Beach, Florida - Flickr - Andrea Westmoreland

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Description: Note the tick on this tortoise's neck. There is another much fatter one up under his shell over his right , front leg. My husband says the ticks will fall off after awhile but I hate to see them on the anilmal at all. I love these creatures. Date: 6 September 2008, 17:37. Source: Gopher Tortoise at North Beach Community Park, New Smyrna Beach, Florida. Author: Andrea Westmoreland from DeLand, United States.