2.2K views · 256 reactions | Here’s something to brighten up your Monday morning— As we mentioned last week, our black tailed prairie dog colony is growing. Here's a short clip of one of our new, tiny tunnel dwellers!☀️ | Elmwood Park Zoo | Facebook

Check out the baby prairie dogs practicing their jump-yips! It’s so cute! Prairie dogs have a wide variety of calls to identify danger, defend their territory, or sound the all-clear. Some scientists have even observed different calls for different kinds of danger! The jump-yip is often used as an “all-clear,” but it’s also a signal that something is strange or surprising. Unlike a call of danger, prairie dogs don’t usually run into their burrows after a jump-yip, but it may make them be on aler