After a 31-32 day gestation period, 2-9 (average 4-5) young are born, usually in early May. Offspring are fully active at approximately 6 weeks, and are not usually sexually mature until their second spring. The young are playful and often wrestle. Status in Tennessee: Common in their preferred habitat across the state. Fun Facts: Groundhog Day, Ice Fests South Carolina Oysters Tennessee Light Festivals. Texas TENNESSEE. 1/27-1/31 – Lights Over Gatlinburg XIII – Gatlinburg 1/30-2/2 It might not be a federal holiday, but people in the U.S. tune in to see if Phil, or their own local groundhog celebrity, sees his shadow every year on the same day, Feb. 2. In Tennessee, the groundhog is classified as a nuisance critter that can be hunted year-round, without limit, in the company of such lowlife wildlife as skunks, coyotes and armadillos.Yet it’s the only animal that has a national day named after it. Feb. 2 is Groundhog Day.There’s no Deer Day, Squirrel Day or Possum Day. Video above: Rare albino groundhog spotted in the Susquehanna Valley.The Groundhog Day celebration at Gobbler's Knob started in 1887. Aside from a 10-year gap, records for each prognostication Rise and shine, campers.It’s Groundhog Day.. The more than 100-year-old tradition predicting the arrival of spring began on Feb. 2, 1887 in Punxsutawney, PA when a newspaper editor declared the town’s groundhog Phil as the country’s “only true weather-forecasting groundhog.” Groundhog Day is a popular tradition that takes place in North America, particularly in the United States and Canada. Every year, Groundhog Day is on February 2. Groundhog Day came from the Pennsylvania Dutch. The colonists believed that if a groundhog came out of its burrow and saw its shadow due to clear weather, it would retreat back into Courtesy Thom Benson/Tennessee Aquarium. Yes, folks, we have another Chuck! This famous groundhog hails from Chattanooga, Tennessee—hence, the name. SILive.com: “Groundhog Day 2024 1993 - Columbia Pictures releases the movie, "Groundhog Day," starring Bill Murray. In the years following the release of the movie, crowds numbering as high as 30,000 have visited Gobbler's Knob Happy Groundhog Day! Punxsutawney Phil has predicted an early spring this year. But do you know the origin of this tradition? It all started with German farmers who observed the emergence of Wranglers found a replacement in Tennessee and brought it to town to assume the important role — but they had to surrender the replacement groundhog to state officials, thanks to a state law How to watch 'Groundhog Day'? "Groundhog Day' is available to rent on Amazon Prime Video for $3.59, and the Google Play Store for $3.89. It'll cost $3.99 to rent the movie from Apple TV+, Youtube Chattanooga Chuck was a weather predicting groundhog from Chattanooga, Tennessee. Groundhog Day 2024 Predictions Groundhog Day 2023 Predictions Groundhog Day 2022 See and compare Groundhog Day predictions by year, from 2024 back to 1886 (which was before TikTok). It turns out that the modern Groundhog Day tradition is a tale of adaptation, with its origin in a centuries-old Christian holiday. Candlemas, the Groundhog Day forerunner. Groundhog Day is rooted in the historical Christian tradition of Candlemas, about halfway between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. Conventionally, this was There are 82 prognosticators throughout North America: 68 in the USA, and 14 in Canada. Use the map to find your nearest Groundhog Day prognosticator (unless you’re from Saskatchewan — sorry bud). Maria Pfister, left, and Liz Alvey, with the Pringle Nature Center, bring out Bristol Bob for his 2023 Groundhog Day winter prediction. This year's program is Sunday, Feb. 2. See a list of all 82 prognosticators, whether genuine groundhogs or otherwise. Despite the name, GROUNDHOG-DAY.com is all-welcoming. Groundhog Day is a tradition observed regionally in the United States and Canada on February 2 of every year. Sun 2 Featured February 2 @ 4:00 am - 9:00 am. A groundhog named Chattanooga Chuck makes an appearance during the Tennessee Aquarium's Small Fry program on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016, in Chattanooga, Tenn.
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