Prairie Dog Alarm
by Joan Carroll
Title
Prairie Dog Alarm
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Photography And Digital Art
Description
The only thing I can say for certain about this prairie dog in Badlands National Park (South Dakota USA) is that he/she is communicating with some other prairie dogs. But what? Is he/she signaling alarm? Calling the kids to dinner? Telling the kids to stop fighting? Asking if a neighbor has a cup of sugar? Your guess is as good as mine, although I’m putting money on the ‘signaling alarm’ possibility. Prairie dogs are plentiful in Badlands National Park and provide lots of entertainment for visitors. The prairie dog burrows range between 10 and 15 feet in depth. These tunnels include passageways, sleeping rooms, latrines, and storage rooms. The animals duck into these burrows as protection from predators, which may include hawks, badgers, coyotes, bobcats, swift foxes, and ferrets. Prairie dogs feed on insects, grasses, roots, and wildflower seeds, as well as cactus. The variety of prairie dog found in this park are the black-tailed prairie dogs. They measure about 12 inches long. The prairie dog has a 2 syllable peep or bark and are quite noisy when then see what they perceive to be danger.
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