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Nat Theo Nature Lessons Rooted in the Bible

How Do Prairie Dogs Use A Secret Language? Episode 41

Nat Theo Nature Lessons Rooted in the Bible

Eryn Lynum

Kids & Family, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Education For Kids

4.8618 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Discover the amazing secret language of prairie dogs. Prairie dogs have one of the most detailed ways of communicating among animals. Learn what they might be saying on today’s episode.

Here’s our trail map:

  • What Is A Prairie?
  • Are Prairie Dogs…Dogs?
  • What Is A Keystone Species?
  • What Is A Prairie Dog Town?
  • How Do Prairie Dogs Use A Secret Language?
  • How Does God’s Spirit Use a Secret Language To Speak To Us?

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Scriptures Referenced in This Episode:

“Now we did not receive the spirit of the world, but we received the Spirit that is from God so that we can know all that God has given us.” 2 Corinthians 2:12 (NCV)

“But the Helper will teach you everything and will cause you to remember all that I told you. This Helper is the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name.” John 14:26 (NCV)

“Speak to each other with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your hearts to the Lord.” Ephesians 5:19 (NCV)


Terms Learned in This Episode:

Language: A way of communicating or sharing information. 

Prairie: A large area that is flat or has rolling hills, with a lot of grasses and wildflowers.

Ecosystem: An area where the plants, creatures, and other things in nature like water, rocks, dirt, and sun all help each other.

Keystone Species: A plant or creature that is very important for keeping other plants or creatures in its ecosystem alive. 

Prairie Dog Town: An area on the prairie where a lot of prairie dogs live.

Prairie Dog Colony: A group of prairie dogs that live together in a prairie dog town.

Burrowing Animals: Animals that dig burrows or use burrows underground.

Mentioned in this episode:

Magnify: A Wild & Wonderful Summer Adventure by Nat Theo

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Have you downloaded the free coloring sheet for this lesson?

0:03.9

Click the link in our show notes to print and color along as you listen.

0:08.0

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0:13.5

and a bonus video of content every single week so you can dive deeper into every lesson.

0:20.0

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0:25.2

slash club or at the link in our show notes.

0:31.4

Hello world.

0:32.7

Wake me up to another good good morning time to go.

0:38.7

Are you ready to explore God's wild and wonderful world?

0:43.3

Welcome to the Nat Theo podcast.

0:46.2

I'm your host, Aaron Linum.

0:48.0

I'm a certified master naturalist, Bible teacher, and author.

0:52.1

And I am so excited to dive into God's written word, the Bible,

0:56.3

and his created world with you.

1:10.7

Have you ever created your own language? I remember as a child I had so much fun coming up

1:18.0

with code words and even made upwards with my friends as we created our own languages.

1:24.1

Today we are learning all about a creature with an amazing language, the prairie dog.

1:31.0

Now, you might know what a prairie dog is or you might not have any idea, but I'm pretty sure that

1:37.1

you will be amazed like I was as you learn about the incredible ways that they communicate

1:43.2

with each other.

1:46.9

Have you ever learned a new language?

1:49.0

Do you know what a language is?

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