Prairie dogs chat

[Welsh cake]

I knew the rodents were 'social' animals but we've underestimated these little guys! Apparently prairie dogs have an advanced language all of their own, to the point where they can tell humans wearing different coloured shirts apart:

Burrowing US prairie dogs use complex language

Only question is, can they adapt as human civilization expands?

[Ashes1995]

i saw a documentry about this, they have to be taught all the different sounds by thier parents or something

[theblindferrengi]

Yeah, they are smart. I saw a vacant lot that had been filled with traps to remove them (the cage type that close when the animal steps in) and there were about 10 of them I could see in the field, and most of them were loungeing on top of the cages but no cages were filled.