They got their name from pioneers, because their yelping sounded like dogs. They live in short grass so they can see over. Burrowing owls often live in dens that prairie dogs have dug. They make a hissing sound like a snake if a predator approaches. Prong horn and bison graze together.
Badgers use their long claws to make burrows and dig after their prey.
Plants Water and fire are two natural elements that help produce the grasslands. In some grasslands grasses grow so closely that you can't see the soil. The pasque is an herb found in the tall grass prairie. Large areas of what were mixed-grass prairies are now used to grow wheat. Bunched grasses grow in shaggy tufts on the mixed-prairie.