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The Punxsutawney Phil makes an early spring on the fourth Thursday in February
Researchers have said it’s possible that some of the Groundhogs presumed to be males could actually be female. “I suppose that if kept in captivity, it’s possible for a female to arouse from hibernation earlier than we’d expect in the wild,” biologist Christine Maher said. However, she added she is “not in tune with all…
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We still celebrate it 137 years later, because we know how the day came to the US.
Punxsutawney Phil, the world’s most famous Groundhog, on Thursday predicted six more weeks of winter when he failed to see his shadow on the occasion of ‘Groundhog Day’, in Pennsylvania, US. This was the first time since 1886 that Phil saw his shadow. In the 1960s, Phil got his name, a nod to ‘King Phillip’,…