It's Groundhog Day. A holiday nowhere near as great as Christmas, but not as useless as Arbor Day. So I thought I would post some groundhog trivia.

(1) The groundhog (binomial name - marmota monax) is also

(2) They eat grass, garden vegetables, leaves, twigs, apples, berries, and even dandelions.

(3) Groundhogs burrow tunnels up to 5 ft deep, and 45 ft long.

(4) Common predators of groundhogs include wolves, hawks and owls.

(5) There's a 1993 movie called Groundhog Day.

(6) You can learn more about groundhogs at Wikipedia.

Also, it looks like some groundhogs don't agree on having an early spring.

6 more weeks of winter — Jimmy the Groundhog, Holtsville Hal

Early Spring — Punxsutawney Phil, Staten Island Chuck, Wiarton Willie, Shubenacadie Sam and General Beauregard Lee of Georgia, Malverne Me

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