Grand Prairie

recommendations and fed live hamsters and prairie dog meat three times a week. The second group was also raised under normal SSP recommendations and fed live prairie dogs and hamsters. The last group was born and raised in outside pens with prairie dog burrows and fed live prairie dogs. They were tagged and released when they were old enough to disperse from their mothers. It was found that ferrets raised in the pens did not move away from their source prairie dogs, and thus reducing possible…

also their prey’s home. The Black Footed Ferret eats squirrels, mice, and other rodents, but their main course is the prairie dog. The Ferrets size allows them to go into the burrows of the prairie dog, and because they are nocturnal predators, they kill the prairie dogs while they are sleeping. Then when the ferret’s homes are attacked by their predators, they rely on abandoned prairie dog burrows for shelter. Also a disease known as the sylvatic plague, caused by fleas is killing off the…

Is it important to maintain the colonies of prairie dogs in Colorado? What exactly makes prairie dogs so important? Who supports them and fights for them, and what is killing them? Prairie dogs, like many other livings on Earth, are valuable to our ecosystem. They are responsible for keeping the cycle of life going and helping to maintain a healthy structure in the wild, both as predator and prey. There are wildlife activists who support prairie dogs and who support non-lethal methods of…

Born 1867 Frank Lloyd Wright is one of the first architects who found a new style based on interpretation of planes and abreast masses. He was influenced by many aspects of his life, firstly, when Wright’s parents split up he had an obsession with showing an ideal family living space. His early influences came mainly from working at his uncle’s farm and the “froebel blocks” (Curtis since 1900, page 75) his mother brought him, which he used to create various geometric shapes and patterns.…

Eavesdropping between species is an extraordinarily broad topic because of the fact that there are so many species of animals that use this evolutionary adaptation in multiple different ways. In the article Vigilance against predators induced by eavesdropping on heterospecific alarm calls in a non-vocal lizard Oplurus cuvieri cuvieri (Reptilia: Iguania), is a study on how lizards respond and differentiate between predator calls and songs of birds. Here, we experimentally test whether O. c.…

The prairie dog has a very advanced home. The prairie dog is a small rabbit-sized rodent. Prairie dogs are small rabbit-sized rodents that live in grasslands in North America. They live in underground burrows, large tunnels, and chambers marked by mounds of dirt by their entrances. Burrows also have nurseries, toilets, sleeping quarters, and they even have listening posts. Prairie dogs are pretty advanced, for an animal. Prairie dogs live in large colonies, in underground burrows in grasslands…

The morkie, also referred to as a “yorktese,” is a crossbreed between the yorkie and maltese. This particular breed is small, averaging about twelve pounds with a body length of approximately two feet. The hair on these canines can be observed in various lengths and colors, including brown, black, white, and tan. The coat of one specific morkie I have become familiar with is long, black on top and white underneath, with faded brown tufts covering his face. His wide, brown eyes are hidden behind…

Daniel H Burnham and John Wellborn Root are consider to be one of the founding fathers when it comes to advancement towards Chicago architecture. Root was born in Georgia and Burnham born in New York; however, both became native to Chicago at a youth consequently loving the architecture that was there beforehand. Roots had the better recognized education while learning about architecture in school while studying in Liverpool, England and eventually got a degree in civil engineering from New…

As the prairie dog got close to the ferret not knowing that the ferret was in its path the ferret took its stance. And furiously ran and got the rodent by its neck. The prairie dog put up quite a fight before the ferret dragged it into the burrow of the prairie dog and got it by its neck and killed it. These ferrets will hunt the prairie dog in their own burrows and take shelter in the burrows of the prairie dogs. They were a lot different than the other animals…

Budgerigars Budgerigars live in Australia in big flocks, during the day they spend most of their time in and under trees due to the heat. They eat the food the tree has in it and fly off only if danger is in the area. Budgies, or budgerigars are native to Australia, they exist in the wild as well as captivity and they make great house pets for any pet owner that is beginning with birds. Budgies take well to the domestic life and are very social animals. Many parents give a budgie…