Photo of the Day #287: Baby Prairie Dog

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A young prairie dog (probably Cynomys ludovicianus), photographed July 15th, 2008 at the Philadelphia zoo.


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Too cute to be real. Must be some sort of robot, perhaps designed to sell fabric softener?