The gopher tortoise is a moderate-sized, terrestrial turtle, averaging 23â28 cm (9â11 in) in length. The species is identified by its stumpy, elephantine hind feet and flattened, shovel-like forelimbs adapted for digging.The shell is oblong and generally tan, brown, or gray in coloration.Gopher tortoises can live 40 to 60 years in the wild. Gopher tortoises are ancient: their ancestors are a species of land tortoise that originated in western North America some 60 million years ago.he gopher tortoise is a moderate-sized, terrestrial turtle, averaging 23â28 cm (9â11 in) in length. The species is identified by its stumpy, elephantine hind feet and flattened, shovel-like forelimbs adapted for digging. The shell is oblong and generally tan, brown, or gray in coloration.
Chili's first location, a converted postal station on Greenville Ave. in the Vickery Meadows area of Dallas, Texas, opened in 1975. The original Chili's on Greenville Ave. moved to a new building on the same site in 1981 before relocating again in 2007. (A 7-Eleven convenience store/gas station is now on the site.)
Inhabitants of Mexico, Central America and South America had chili peppers more than 6,000 years ago. Within decades of contact with Spain and Portugal in the 16th century, the American plant was carried across Europe and into Africa and Asia, and altered through selective breeding.