Out by the barn lives a woodchuck named Chuck. “Woodchuck” and “groundhog” are names for the same furry creature: “Marmota monax,” or as he has been miscellaneously tagged in these post Linnnaen days: furry, cute, rodent, and/or pest. Based on today’s overcast conditions, there is no way he will see his shadow when he emerges for a Groundhog’s Day mid-hibernation look-around.
However, he is likely to see a dog, which would cast a shadow on your typical groundhog’s day. I’m not sure how this affects the validity of his predictions. But the choice seems to be, do we have an early spring (sees no shadow) or will there be six more weeks of winter (sees his shadow). This makes Chuck the woodchuck about as useful as the TV weather folks for long range predictions, since an early spring around here would begin around the middle of March, which would be, oh… about six weeks from now.
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