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Groundhog study links legend to love
hibernationRocky Mountain Biological LaboratoryColoradoMarmota monaxeagleMarmota flaviventrisCanis latrans
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*The critters really do poke their heads out of their burrows in February, researchers say -- but not to check on their shadows. When a male groundhog emerges from his burrow at this time of year, it's ladies he's looking for, not shadows. Groundhogs, also called woodchucks, have long been regarded
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