Echoes to Bugles: Stories of Colorado Mammals Echoes to Bugles: Stories of Colorado Mammals examines the natural history of 24 mammals treated as 12 pairs of two very different but very connected animals. Each month features a different pair and presents both the details of their separate lives as individuals and of their inseparable lives as predator and prey. Tuesday, September 9, 2014 – Too-Cute Meets Too-Cute Miniature versions of things often impress us as cute. At maybe two-thirds the size of a Red Fox, the Swift Fox is just too cute! Appearance or behavior can also impress us as cute. Whereas a Norway Rat is homely, a kangaroo-rat is just too cute. But where the Swift Foxes and kangaroo-rats live together, cuteness matters not at all.