00:00Like humans, prairie dogs create communities known as towns.
00:07Hundreds of thousands of these settlements can be found scattered across the Great Plains of North America.
00:14Prairie dogs' homes are laid out a little bit like a human village.
00:19Each individual burrow is a cozy home for one family, with direct relatives living just next door.
00:27Each burrow has a nursery, bedrooms and yes, even dedicated toilets.
00:34This young male spends much of his waking life maintaining and expanding the town's infrastructure.
00:42And it's a never-ending task, not one I'd like to be stuck with.
00:48The plains are drenched every year by seasonal downpours,
00:52but these ground-dwelling engineers have a clever system in place.
00:58They have specially designed guttering to funnel rainwater away from the holes during heavy downpours,
01:04keeping their homes safe and dry.
01:07And when the summer sun beats down, they've got that covered too.
01:11Their tunnels feature a natural ventilation system, angled to catch the breeze
01:17and keep fresh air circulating through the underground labyrinth.
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