Prairie Dogs Talk of the Town

Prairie dogs are Americas answer to the meerkat small sociable and exceptionally cute This offbeat film narrated by Rob Brydon takes us to the Wild West where prairie dogs live in huge colonies known as towns Like meerkats they are comical to watch but there is a whole lot more to prairie dogs than just being cute they can talk For 30 years Professor Con Slobodchikoff has been recording their calls in response to predators like coyotes hawks and badgers He believes he has discovered a language second only to humans in its complexity Its a bold claim but is he right Con has devised a series of cunning field experiments to help prove his point