The groundhog's seasonal forecasting accuracy is somewhat low.
Phil's Winter prognostications have been correct only 39% of the time.
The name Punxsutawney comes from the Indian name for the location "ponksad-uteney" which means "the town of the sandflies." The name woodchuck comes from the Indian legend of "Wojak, the groundhog" considered by them to be their ancestral grandfather.
The groundhog, also known as a woodchuck (Marmota monax), is a member of the squirrel family. Groundhogs in the wild eat succulent green plants, such as dandelion, clover, and grasses.
According to handler Bill Deeley, a local funeral director, Phil weighs 15 pounds and thrives on dog food and ice cream in his climate-controlled home at the Punxsutawney Library.
Up on Gobbler's Knob, Phil is placed in a heated burrow underneath a simulated tree stump on stage before being pulled out at 7:25 a.m. to make his prediction.
1 comment:
winter... sminter...
its really hard to have winter with all this 70 degrees and sunny we are having.
taho is 29 days away, cold weather i miss you!!!
i really think the human body needs to know that its okay to have a shitty day where you don't feel obligated to go out and run/hike/bike/jump rope/sell baked goods at local neighborhood stand/play
by the way, has anyone seen that wet stuff that falls from the sky?? it hink its called rain, ,but i've never seen it. sve it in a jar and send me some if you do
lates
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