Assertion: prairie dog's predator | /r/Desires | the prairie dog
Facets:
value: as a food source
type: PURPOSE
value: for its own survival
type: PURPOSE
value: for food
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Almost every predator in the prairie ecosystem—coyotes, badgers, bald and golden eagles, ferruginous hawks, great-horned owls, foxes, bobcats, ferrets, rattlesnakes, and more—relies on the prairie dog as a food source.
text: They are also a key species for other animals: foxes, coyotes, weasels, snakes, hawks, eagles, and the endangered black-footed ferret are just a few of the many predators that rely on prairie dogs for food.
text: Another predator that depends on prairie dogs for its own survival is the black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) Not mentioned by Lewis or Clark, the black-footed ferret was not discovered and described scientifically for another half-century, but by 1900 it had already been practically extirpated from most of the Great Plains.
text: Almost every predator in the prairie ecosystem—coyotes, badgers, bald and golden eagles, ferruginous hawks, great-horned owls, foxes, bobcats, ferrets, rattlesnakes, and more—relies on the prairie dog as a food source.