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National Geographic : 1993 Oct
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A GRASS MENAGERI Towns of the black-tailed prairiedog (1) lure multi tudes. More than a hundred species of vertebrates live in or near mounds that dot western shortgrassand mixed-grassprairie. Many come for a meal. Prairiedogs are prey for badgers (2), and occasion ally weasels (3) and rattle snakes (4). These invade burrows and may flush the rodents into the clutches of PAINTINGBYJOHND. DAWSON hawks (5) or stalkingcoy otes (6). A complex patte or signal an all clear (8). Their landscapingdraw more benign company. Co stant pruning of grasses such as blue grama (9) a little bluestem (10) spurs nutritious shoots that dra bison (11) and pronghorn antelope (12). Vacant bur rows house thirteen-lined S_
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