Sounding the Prairie Dog Alert System ｜ America's Wild Frontier
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About America's Wild Frontier:
America's Wild Frontier tells the story of the frontier and wildlife closest to America's heart. We explore the woods that Davy Crocket once called home in The Great Valley of Appalachia, and where Wild Bill Hickok saw his last sunset in The Badlands of South Dakota. We reveal a cast of critter characters that includes everything from bears, bison and burrowing owls, to weasels, wood ducks and wild horses.
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Eagles, badgers, and ferrets all hunt prairie dogs.
So does this guy, a hungry coyote, a quarter mile out
and closing in.
One prairie dog lookout spots the coyote
and alerts all of Prairie Dog Town with a distinctive call.
Yips and jumps may tell other prairie dogs
even more than you think.
They may spell out the location, size, and speed
of the approaching threat.
They scramble to get the kids to safety.
These lookouts wait until everyone
is safe to take cover.
But the coyote is a patient hunter.
He's willing to wait for his supper.
It's a frontier standoff.