US Department of the Interior(@Interior):This American pika isn't picking flowers for decoration. It's building a haystack. All summer long, pikas gather grasses, wildflowers and other plants, carrying mouthful after mouthful back to its home. They spread the plants out to dry in the sun, then stash them away for the long alpine winter. Photo at Rocky Mountain National Park by Eivor Kuchta

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This American pika isn't picking flowers for decoration. It's building a haystack. All summer long, pikas gather grasses, wildflowers and other plants, carrying mouthful after mouthful back to its home. They spread the plants out to dry in the sun, then stash them away for the long alpine winter. Photo at Rocky Mountain National Park by Eivor Kuchta