5 April 2024

Rabbits hardly ever say something however this small mammal, associated to rabbits, stands on a distinguished rock and shouts to his mates when he sees hazard.

American pikas (Ochotona princeps) weigh 6 ounces and are solely 6-8 inches lengthy, lined from head to toe in thick fur. They stay in boulder fields above the treeline the place they eat flowers, grasses and different crops that they cache in a “haystack” for the winter. Although tiny these small mammals are a tasty meal for hawks, eagles, coyotes, bobcats, foxes and weasels.

Pikas very social and vocal, calling out hazard and “singing” in the course of the breeding season. When a pika sees hazard he lets all of the close by pika’s know.

Although he has a small voice, he works on projection.

Behold! Probably the most ferocious sound within the animal kingdom!

The American pika, aka the whistling hare, makes use of its squeezy toy name to speak and warn of predators.

Video: Dan Streiffert pic.twitter.com/a9WrRx2m84

— USFWS Pacific (@USFWSPacific) April 2, 2024

p.s. I’ve by no means heard one, maybe as a result of the one time I noticed a pika he wasn’t frightened.