In this photo provided by the Smithsonian in June 2024, a long-billed curlew flies over the American Prairie reserve in Montana. (Andy Boyce/Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute via AP)
Prairie dogs are the Paul Reveres of the Great Plains in the United States: They bark to alert neighbours to the presence of predators, with separate calls for dangers coming by land or by air.
“Prairie dogs are on the menu for just about every predator you can think of...” –
