Driving through the Badlands we did see several pronghorn. John tapped lightly on the car horn to get them to look up and pose for us. As you can see in the picture above we did get one of the antelope to look up- his erect ears indicate that he senses danger and is ready to bolt. Also out in the prairie of the Badlands we came upon a prairie dog colony. When they sense danger they scurry to their homes underground but, before burrowing, may stand up and yip or wag their tails to warn the rest of the colony. The one pictured below seemed to have had no sense of any danger in our presence. Maybe he is just taking in the sun and the many wildflowers which surround him.
That about wraps up our day in the Badlands, except that I have one more picture to post here. Our last stop in the park was to hike around of a the rim of an ancient volcanic caldera, pictured below.
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