Breaking: A study shows that some gophers “farm” in their tunnels, making them one of the first agriculturalists among mammals. Read more about it by clicking the link below. Farmers Mammals Gophers
a small, solitary rodent that tunnels through the soil and munches on roots all across North and Central America.reveals that some southeastern pocket gophers cultivate and collect the roots in their tunnel walls to sustain themselves. The findings also raise important questions about what actually counts as ‘agriculture.
“It really depends on how ‘farming’ is defined,” says F. E. “Jack” Putz, a corresponding study author and professor from the University of Florida, Gainesville, in a. “If farming requires that crops be planted, then gophers don’t qualify. But this seems like a far too narrow definition for anyone with a more horticultural perspective in which crops are carefully managed […] but not necessarily planted.
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