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Can animals change behaviour depending on the human?

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Me (F) and my boyfriend have two beautiful and sweet prairie dogs, a boy and a girl who are about one year old. On the other hand he plays with them way more than I do I guess he’s just more of an animal person, don’t get me wrong I love them too but I can feel he feels really strongly about them. Hi everyone.

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Introducing the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge

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Russell National Wildlife Refuge , more than a million acres of prairie, badlands, coulees, and the massive Fort Peck Reservoir on the Missouri River. Like the Rockies, though, this is a harsh beauty, not an ideal climate for the human animal by any means. Even off the refuge, the ranches are by necessity few and far between.

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Forgotten Prairies

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Ferruginous Hawks are native to our western short-grass prairies and their diet comprises almost completely of prairie dogs. Well, the ongoing issues of land development, sport shooting, and the rancher’s war on these animals keeps prairie dog populations from ever booming.