The prairie dog caught in Trap 69 was angry. And who could blame her? After waking up in her burrow on a mid-September ...

Prairie dogs live in underground burrows, extensive warrens of tunnels and chambers marked by ... members even greet one another with a prairie dog kiss or nuzzle. Young pups are very playful ...

The prairie dogs will create some tunnels that are close to the surface ... Those are the black-tailed prairie dog (which lives in the Great Plains from Mexico to Canada) and the Mexican prairie ...

Prairie dogs aren’t the only occupants of prairie dog burrows. The mazes of tunnels and rooms also provide shelter for black-footed ferrets, swift foxes and untold numbers of insects.