A fawn also was nearby. It just stood absolutely still...great for picture taking. 
The trail was very beautiful as always.
As I was riding back home, I stopped to watch the prairie dog colony near my place. I stepped off my bike and walked towards the cute, little guys for a better picture. My photography was interrupted by a man riding on his bike surprisingly with two wooden peg legs. "Not too close, sonny," he called. "Dem dogs ares man eaters." The bearded man pulled up next to me and looked me square in the eyes. "They may look cute and cuddly...that is their method of getting their prey." He bent down and wrapped his knuckles on his wooden left leg. "That is how I lost me legs. Prairie dog attack." I shuttered at the sight of his mangled limbs and rode quickly away from the area. I was able to catch this single picture of an advanced scout for the prairie dog assault.
As I lay in bed trying to sleep, I kept thinking about that grizzled man's story. I arose and got on the internet to discount his unbelievable accounts. "Surely, they are as harmless as chipmunks," I thought. My discovery was absolutely stunning. I quickly realized how close I had come to certain death.
Prairie dog facts
1. they are purely carnivorous creatures. They hunt everything from small toads to wildebeests.
2. they eat every portion of their prey...including the soul.
3. Their teeth can crush diamonds.
4. they can skeletize a cow in minutes.
5. They dig holes in the ground as a hunting tool rather than the seemingly obvious reason of shelter. The holes are used to trip roaming herds of buffalo so the hunting party can mob and ravage the flailing animal.
6. they have been linked to Al Quaida.
7. the term "prairie" dog comes from the latin term "puree" which means "to place into a blender." The term was linked to this phrase after colonists discovered the grisly victims of prairie dog attacks.
8. and incredibly, the prairie dog has no natural enemy.
I'll leave you all with bloodcurling cry of the prairie dog as they chillingly call to announce to each other "time to feast."
2 comments:
You had a good time typing up this one , didn't you? HA! :) Good story.
Wooden peg leg? I'm calling bullshit on that one.
That's a pretty terrifying cry. Makes you just want to pet it. And that's where he gets ya.
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