They store about a bucketful of food in each of the several locations in their territory. They have the intelligence to dry plants such as leaves, turning it into a dry-grass-preserved food which allows them to survive up to 6 months of harsh winter. It has a fantastically high nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium content, more than cattle or even poultry manure, and much easier to handle to boot. Pikas are born slightly altricial, being blind, slightly haired, and having fully erupted teeth. This involves stocking their houses with food. Northern Pika do not hibernate so they must make winter preparations before the snow piles up. Keep your eyes open for grayish-brown critters with large ears and no tails. In Colorado, American pikas are often easiest to spot in talus fields and slopes of broken rock above 8,000’ in elevation. In the video from 0:42, there is a scene of an Northern Pika with leaves in its mouth. Populations are also present in the Great Basin and from California’s Sierra Nevada north to the Cascade Range in Oregon and Washington. The Northern Pika is entirely vegetarian, feeding on every plant in the mountains and is sometimes called "the pacifist of the mountains." They are in the same order as rabbits and hares (Lagomorphs) but are classified. Their breeding period is once a year from spring to summer, and they give birth to 1 to 5 kittens at a time. Pikas may sometimes be called Rock Rabbits but they arent actually rabbits. Pikas are members of the order Lagomorpha and are more closely related to rabbits than the rodent ground squirrels they may resemble to the casual observer. In Japan, these critters are also known to only inhabit Hokkaido. Pikas ( Ochotona princeps ), sometimes called coneys or rock rabbits, are one of the most popular tundra animals among Rocky Mountain National Park visitors. Their natural habitat is the cold wind caves of the Daisetsuzan mountains located high above sea level that don't freeze during the winter. They are full of curiosity but very timid, so they are very rarely seen in public. The mouse-like Northern Pika is very small, weighing only about 60-150 grams, with a length of 10-20 cm, and a lifespan of about 4-5 years, which is shorter than most pika. Hokkaido’s aboriginal Ainu people used to call the Northern Pika "Cicit Cu Kamuy" (チチッ・チュ・カムイ, roughly "The Cheeping God") in Ainu language. The Northern Pika is also called the "God of Rocky Lands" due to its habit of running around the rocky land of their natural habitat.
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