RBC | I have an idea for the Meeker Chamber of Commerce: We could piggyback on the Pennsylvania Feb. 2 Groundhog Day hype by naming our groundhog as the one and only “Meeker Whistlepig” or the “Flattops Weather Marmot.” The Master of Ceremony would wear a Stetson and rope the[Read More…]
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RODENTS OF UNUSUAL SIZE
Rodents of unusual size? They definitely exist. Marmota monax, AKA the groundhog, woodchuck, whistle pig, or our personal favorite–“land beaver”–will be the star of the show for Groundhog Day tomorrow, Feb. 2. We have some of Punxsutawney Phil’s cousins in our own neck of the woods. Yellow-bellied marmots (marmota flaviventris)[Read More…]
Editor’s Column: Groundhog Day
No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. English proverb It’s Groundhog Day. Yeah, so what? We all know we’re getting a minimum of six more weeks of winter, no matter what the top-hatted keepers of the many-times-removed ancestor of Pennsylvania’s most famous large rodent have to[Read More…]
