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The lecturer challenges the points made in the reading passage about prairie dogs. The professor states that the argument from the reading is flawed.
Firstly, the speaker contends that the argument regarding damage to land is wrong. The effects of burrows indicate otherwise. Burrows made by prairie dogs actually prevent soil erosion. Because of the burrows in the ground, rain can easily penetrate the ground, which prevents soil erosion from occurring. This is in direct opposition to the reading that burrows make the soil unstable, which is vulnerable to erosion.
Second, the lecturer states that the assertion about spread of disease is erroneous. Other rodents such as rats spread plagues to human. Moreover, prairie dogs usually avoid humans, so they do no have many contacts with humans. This challenges the reading's view that prairie dogs infect humans fatal disease through biting.