Prairie Dogs - Talk of the Town
Wildlife documentary following Professor Con Slobodchikoff, who believes prairie dogs use a language second only to humans in its complexity.
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.
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Useful grazers or vermin?
Duration: 01:47
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Waiting game
Duration: 02:06
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Alarm response
Duration: 02:23
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Zoo communication
Duration: 02:25
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Narrator | Rob Brydon |
Producer | Stephen Dunleavy |
Broadcasts
- Wed 3 Feb 2010 20:00大象传媒 Two & 大象传媒 HD
- Fri 12 Feb 2010 02:50
- Fri 9 Jul 2010 20:00大象传媒 HD
- Sun 6 Jan 2013 15:45大象传媒 HD
- Thu 15 Oct 2015 16:30
- Mon 29 May 2017 16:30大象传媒 Two except Wales
- Tue 13 Jun 2017 13:00大象传媒 Two Wales
- Fri 16 Nov 2018 16:00
- Sun 27 Oct 2019 23:50大象传媒 Two Wales & Wales HD only
- Sat 10 Oct 2020 19:30大象传媒 Two Wales & Wales HD only
- Sun 19 Sep 2021 23:45大象传媒 Two Wales HD & Wales only
- Sun 31 Mar 2024 20:15大象传媒 Two except Scotland & Wales
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