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BURROWERS
Have you ever seen a creature disappear
into a hole? This could be the entrance
to a network of tunnels and chambers,
called burrows.
Rabbit
hole
European rabbits
graze on plants above
ground, at dusk and dawn. If
a predator disturbs them, they
dive into their tunnel network,
which is called a warren.
Gopher town
American pocket gophers use their claws and
huge teeth to dig tunnels. They pop out of
holes to eat plants. Their burrows include
deep nests and food-storage chambers.
Gophers push soil
up to the surface
as they dig, which
leaves long mounds
on the surface.
Stripy faced
badgers eat
rabbits.
Coyotes wait
hungrily for
gophers to pop up.
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