Check out the baby prairie dogs practicing their jump-yips! It’s so cute! Prairie dogs have a wide variety of calls to identify danger, defend their territory, or sound the all-clear. Some scientists have even observed different calls for different kinds of danger! The jump-yip is often used as an “all-clear,” but it’s also a signal that something is strange or surprising. Unlike a call of danger, prairie dogs don’t usually run into their burrows after a jump-yip, but it may make them be on aler

Did you know? Prairie dogs are named for their habitat and warning calls, which sound similar to a dog's bark. [VID: Compilation footage of prairie dogs] | Nature | PBS

A Prairie Dog alarm calling from its burrow. Just listen to that cute sound they make, they are adorable. | The Robin Whisperer