# @nationalparkservice on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CtH1T3fPrUW
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/21021873-nationalparkservice-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/cb21430349.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-06-05T20:38:43.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** National Park Service (@nationalparkservice) — https://gondola.cc/nationalparkservice

## Caption

Awful when hungry but otherwise pretty solid. 

Same. Is that tortoise eating rocks? Possibly. Why? The reason behind why tortoises sometimes eat sand and small rocks is unclear. Theories include mineral consumption, digestion aid, maintaining intestinal digestive bacteria, boredom. Gneiss. Rock on. 

Image: A desert tortoise eating rocks at @joshuatreenps. NPS/Daniel Elsbrock

#rocky #rockon #tortoise #deserttortoise #joshuatree #california #Nature

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| National Park Service | @nationalparkservice | https://gondola.cc/nationalparkservice | Government Organization |

## Tags

rockon, nature, deserttortoise, rocky, california, joshuatree, tortoise

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