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GROUNDHOGS DO IT WITHOUT DOPPLER; THEIR SECRET MAY BE TEMPERATURE
phenologyRocky Mountain Biological LaboratoryCrested ButteRocky MountainsMarmota flaviventrisMarmota monax
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TRADITIONS Chester, the St. Louis Zoo's groundhog weatherman, has never been wrong. In four years of predicting long winters or early springs, the furry forecaster has relied on a tried and true indicator of the coming climate -- his shadow. That's Chester's story, and he and other famous groundhog
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