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Groundhog Day
Legend has it that if a certain groundhog, which resides in a burrow in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, sees his shadow on February 2, we will have six more weeks of winter. Groundhogs are actually woodchucks, a type of rodent. They have fou large incisor teeth for biting off vegetation and gnawing through roots. These teeth keep growing throughout the groundhog's life because constant usage keeps wearing them down. They also have 18 chewing teeth.

 

 
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