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Related: About this forumPrairie dogs perform contagious Mexican wave
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25596027It looks like a slightly comical Mexican wave, but researchers think a bobbing display seen in black-tailed prairie dogs could prevent the rodents being eaten.
These "jump-yips", as they are known, are initiated by one animal, and spread throughout the group.
In a study, scientists concluded that the animals use jump-yips to "test" the alertness of their neighbours.
Details appear in the Royal Society journal Proceedings B.
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Prairie dogs perform contagious Mexican wave (Original Post)
xchrom
Jan 2014
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shenmue
(38,506 posts)1. Get down!
MADem
(135,425 posts)2. Video at link is hilarious---it's like they're saying 'Can I get a witness?' nt
catbyte
(34,358 posts)3. Thanks for the laugh!
MuseRider
(34,103 posts)4. Love this.
Prairie Dogs are treated so horribly by ranchers especially but farmers as well.
They are so easy to contain and direct apparently. I do not have them where I live so I have not tested what I have heard.