p Prairie dogs are America 三九 s answer to the meerkat - small, sociable and exceptionally cute This offbeat film narrated by Rob Brydon takes us to the Wild West where prairie dogs live in huge colonies known as 三九 towns 三九 Like meerkats, they are comical to watch, but there is a whole lot more to prairie dogs than just being cute - they can talk br For 三0 years Professor Con Slobodchikoff has been recording their calls in response to predators like coyotes, hawks and badgers He believes he has discovered a language second only to humans in its complexity It 三九 s a bold claim but is he right Con has devised a series of cunning field experiments to help prove his point p