Photo by Marumari (Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nOf course the other claim to fame for the Groundhog is when they decide to come up from their hibernation. \u00a0Yes, the infamous Groundhog Day, which is suppose to let us know how long we have to wait for spring. \u00a0Yes, the Groundhog has a lot of responsibility come February 2nd of every year. \u00a0If the little guy sees his shadow then this means we are in for 6 more weeks of winter – I am not too sure how all of this started but there has to be some good reason for it, right? Poor little Groundhog just wants to wake up, grab the newspaper and a coffee but has to deal with a horde of people watching their burrows. \u00a0The life of a Groundhog can be tough sometimes.<\/p>\n
Groundhog Fast Fact – <\/strong>The Groundhog is the largest member of the squirrel family and can usually be found hanging out on the ground. But this doesn’t mean they can’t climb trees or splash around in the water. They are actually very capable climbers and swimmers.<\/p>\nThat does it for Monday’s Small Mammal Wild Fact. \u00a0Enjoy the rest of your day!<\/p>\n
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Does it ever feel great to be back! \u00a0I hope you enjoyed our underwater theme last week. \u00a0There will be no such theme this week as it will be a myriad of random animals that I feel like writing about. \u00a0Of course, I am always open to suggestions so if you have an animal you would like to know more about then please don’t hesitate to let me know. We are going to start the week off with an animal I saw just outside of the Parliament buildings the other day. \u00a0I know, I was surprised to see a <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60,4024],"tags":[348,1957,1960,1959,4025,993,309,1961,1958],"yoast_head":"\n
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