Prairie Dogs: Talk of the Town - Natural World
Season 28 Episode 12 of 14
Documentary following the experiments carried out in America by Professor Con Slobodchikoff, who has recorded and analysed the phonetic patterns used by prairie dogs to communicate with each other. After spending 30 years studying the creatures, he thinks he has discovered a language second only to human speech in its complexity, which they utter to make other members of their community aware of impending danger from predators. Narrated by Rob Brydon
Prairie Dogs: Talk of the Town - Natural World airs on BBC Two Wales HD at 11:20 PM, Monday 24 March. (Subtitles, repeat.)
Topics
Education ➝ Science ➝ Factual Topics
Nature ➝ Animals ➝ Environment
Rob Brydon
Narrator
Stephen Dunleavy
Producer
Tim Martin
Series Editor