Every Wednesday we plan to share our most recent visit to the PHOENIX ZOO. We have been members for seven years, it is the best $129.00 a year we have ever spent.
We hope you enjoy some wonderful photos and stories. Bill and Pam
This past week we enjoyed some wonderful photos of a million baby Prairie Dogs. They were just born. i sot the video and Pam got some great stills. We will give you an update on their growth in a future This Place is a Zoo Today episode.
Prairie dogs are a highly social species that live in extended family groups called coteries. Multiple coteries combine to form towns, or colonies. In order to communicate with each other, prairie dogs use a variety of vocalizations that many researchers consider to be an actual language. They have words for different types of predators, colors, sizes, and shapes. They even seem to be able to form new words for new items introduced into their territories.
Prairie Dog Pads
Prairie dogs live in elaborate burrows with separate areas for sleeping, food storage, raising young and eliminating waste. Entrance holes may have volcano-like mounds that funnel rainwater away and also provide a “watch-tower” to help them keep an eye out for approaching predators. Other holes are flat in the ground and may or may not join up with other tunnels. These benefit the prairie dogs by increasing ventilation and guiding rainwater into the aquifer below. This preserves their tunnels from flooding and lessens the possibility of drowning.
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