Under Your Feet

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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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