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Its small, flat, triangular cerebellum, for instance, indicates it was likely an adept burrower, but other features imply that it didn’t spend its entire life underground, the researchers report today in Science Advances.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 26, 2023

“I'm more of a much burrower and just push narrowly, straight ahead.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2015

Ornate box turtles, like nearly all other turtles, excavate nests; T. ornata is a burrower, at least for purposes of hibernation.

From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by Legler, John M.

He is a native of Australia, and is a powerful burrower.

From The Human Side of Animals by Dixon, Royal

The gopher, or Canada pouched rat, is a very remarkable burrower, as it will dig under-ground passages extending in lateral galleries in all directions.

From Harper's Young People, May 11, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various