Habits
Black-tailed prairie dogs are diurnal. Aboveground activity is reduced when rain or snow is falling and during days when the temperature exceeds 100°F (38°C). They do not hibernate, but may become dormant for short periods.
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“The habits of life form the soul, and the soul forms the countenance.”
—Honoré De Balzac (1799–1850)
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“The only ones who are really grateful for the war are the wild ducks, such a lot of them in the marshes of the Rhone and so peaceful ... because all the shot-guns have been taken away completely taken away and nobody can shoot with them nobody at all and the wild ducks are very content. They act as of they had never been shot at, never, it is so easy to form old habits again, so very easy.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)