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English: Keeping Watch
Photographer
English: NPS Photo
Title
English: Keeping Watch
Description
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two prairie dogs in separate burrows keep watch for threats

With so many in a town, prairie dogs are well equipped to watch for their many predators. Their communication is well developed and a prairie dog can communicate what type of predator, what direction the threat is moving, and even what color it is in just one tenth of a second.

  • Keywords: prairie dog; black tailed prairie dog
Depicted place
English: Wind Cave National Park, Custer County, South Dakota
Date Taken on 6 September 2009
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4f9deb5d-29ed-4728-90d4-892e671bec3b
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English: NPGallery
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
Collector
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English: Charlie Baker
NPS Unit Code
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WICA

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