自然世界 草原土拨鼠：语言大师 (2010)

• 别名：Natural World: Prairie Dogs - Talk of the Town / 自然世界 草原土拨鼠：语言大师

• 导演：Stephen Dunleavy

• 演员：罗伯·布莱顿 Rob Brydon

• 类别：纪录片

• 地区及语言：英国
• 英语

• 上映日期：2010-07-09

• 标签：纪录片/BBC/英国/自然纪录片/动物纪录片/2010s

Prairie dogs are America'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 'towns'. Like meerkats, they are comical to watch, but there is a whole lot more to prairie dogs than just being cute - they can talk. For 30 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's a bold claim but is he right? Con has devised a series of cunning field experiments to help prove his point.