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                    Each room is useful. In some rooms, prairie dogs


               eat. They sleep and care for their babies in other
 HOLES
               rooms. There is also a listening room. This room is

 Prairie dogs live in underground holes. These   close to the exit hole. They listen and wait there.


 holes are called burrows.   They come out when it is safe.

 Prairie dogs work together to dig burrows. They   Next time you see a hole in the ground, imagine

 use their long, sharp claws. These burrows are   prairie dogs’ homes!
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 usually two to three meters deep. There are two                                Words 110

 holes for going in and out. There are also long


 tunnels and many rooms inside.




 What do prairie dog
 burrows look like?




 They are usually two to
 three meters deep. They
 have two holes for going
 in and out. There are
 also long tunnels and
 many rooms inside.







                                                                                    Yes, I do. I think I could get
                                                                                    a bigger room down there.


                                                                                     Connect to Yourself


                                                                                     Do you want to live under-
                                                                                     ground? Why or why not?




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