Vividly illustrated with more than 100 color photographs

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	• The Prairie Dog: Sentinel of the Plains Russell A. Graves Texas Tech University Press, 2001 - 133 pages average customer review:based on 3 reviews view larger image
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Outstanding writing and photography

The author talks about the life of the prairie dog, and how it interacts with humans in the modern West. The book is illustrated with gorgeous photographs. This book is an excellent purchase for a readable overview about these animals. If you want to know the full details on how prairie dogs get along with each other, check out the Hoogland book on social behavior of prairie dogs. It is great, but not as easy to read as this one!

Super intro to prairie dogs

Having spent seven years living just outside Denver where I fell in love with prairie dogs, I was excited to discover this book. Truly, Russell Graves presents the good, bad, and adorable about these captivating little animals. The book provides plenty of facts, but is easily readable, and thankfully, not encumbered with vague scientist's jargon (though, apparently Mr. Graves has the credentials to do that). The photos are really good, and made me miss being able to watch the prairie dogs' hilarious antics up close. Good book for almost all ages, and good for the coffee table, too!

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Vividly illustrated with more than 100 color photographs

Vividly illustrated with more than 100 color photographs, The Prairie Dog: Sentinel Of The Plains also contains highly informative text about the nature of these gregarious rodents, and how they function in the prairie ecology, from aerating the soil with their burrows to controlling invasive types of vegetation with their grazing. The delightful illustrations show the prairie dog's natural exuberance and social life, but the text warns that human poisoning and extermination has vastly reduced the prairie dog's numbers to the point where the species could be at risk. The Prairie Dog is very highly recommended for anyone with an interest in prairie ecology.

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