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A groundhog in northern Ontario, Canada on high alert for predators. In the wild, groundhogs can live up to six years with two or three being the average life expectancy. In captivity, groundhogs reportedly live up to 14 years.
How long does a groundhog live? The average lifespan of a groundhog is around 10 years in captivity, and between four and five years in the wild, according to the Wildlife Rescue League .
Groundhogs are large rodents, weighing up to about 14 pounds and measuring up to 2 feet long. They have gray-brown or gray-red fur on stout bodies, short legs, clawed feet, and a small brushy tail.
General Beauregard Lee is a groundhog in the US state of Georgia widely considered to be the Groundhog Day weather prognosticator for the Southern United States. [1] The previous forecaster before General Beauregard Lee was General Robert E. Lee, who started making predictions in 1981. [2]
While the Groundhog Day tradition as we know it today started in 1887, Phil has been making his predictions since 1886. Do other states have animals predicting the weather? Phil isn't the only ...
This is a list of mammals of Maryland, those mammals native to or immediately off the coast of the U.S. state of Maryland. [1]Maryland does not have a designated state mammal, but does designate the calico cat as its state cat, the Chesapeake Bay Retriever as its state dog, and the Thoroughbred as its state horse.
During Candlemas, Christians would light candles to predict how long winter would last. The first official Groundhog Day was held Feb. 2, 1887, in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
The Groundhog Day celebrations of the 1880s were carried out by the Punxsutawney Elks Lodge. The lodge members were the "genesis" of the Groundhog Club formed later, which continued the Groundhog Day tradition. But the lodge started out being interested in the groundhog as a game animal for food. It had started to serve groundhog at the lodge ...