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Rocky Mountain National Park: Pika Survival Secrets

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This is part 3 of our Rocky Mountain National Park podcast series. Check out our other episodes on Rocky Mountain National Park for kids: Part 1: Carved by Ice and the Great Divide Part 2: Trail Ridge Road and the Boy Who Saved a Mountain Part 4: Bighorn Sheep Battle on the Peaks -- Think the Rocky Mountains are inhospitable? Think again. Meet the Pika: the alpine tundra’s most adorable and busiest resident. Today, we’re heading into the peaks to hear their cute little mountain eeeps and see ...

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