Prairie Dog Emergency Alert System | America’s National Parks

while the young kids romp the parents
will hunt bad news for the prairie dogs
the prairie dogs notice immediately and
give a be on the lookout call these
animals actually have extensive
vocabularies for different predators
four-legged winged slithering and
degrees of danger when the Fox is too
close for comfort it’s time to get the
youngsters underground but burros are
often no match for the clever Kitfox as
the Kitfox plans her attack anxious
prairie dogs watch helplessly from
nearby burrows
and the Kitfox
easily traps and kills a youngster a
responsible mother she brings the
majority home to her own babies after
the Fox is gone a very strange thing
happens a hopping Yip fest among the
prairie dogs is this a crazy kind of
survivor’s guilt a celebration that
they’re still alive or a big thank you
sent up to the prairie dog gods recent
research suggests that it’s a test of
their emergency broadcast system
maybe there’s needs a tune-up