desert tortoise with transmitter

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Lauren Kurkimilis/U.S. Marine Corps

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Tortoise 2-4 takes her first steps in the wild after being released from the Combat Center’s Desert Tortoise Headstart Program, September 30, 2015. Thirty-five tortoises were released after they spent about nine years at the Tortoise Research and Captive Rearing Site.