Prairie dogs are America's 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. It's a bold claim but is he right? Con has devised a series of cunning field experiments to help prove his point.
Kevin Armstrong Dan Wetzel Patrick Haggan Stephen Ziogas Thomas Hodgson Tim Sansoucie Dennis Sansoucie Mike Massey Ryan O'Callaghan Leigh Bodden Jamaal Lewis Maria Cramer Jermaine Wiggins William Camara Susan Candiotti 凯莉·P·威廉姆斯