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On Friday, Feb. 2, 2024, the Zoo’s Humboldt penguins will be taking over the duties for the annual weather prediction on Groundhog Day. Check out our feathered friends’ forecast! The Zoo’s most recent groundhog, Gordy, passed away in 2023; the Zoo’s animal care staff is in the process of acquiring another groundhog to add to the population. Okay campers, rise and shine! Put on your booties because it’s cooold out there. That’s right, it’s Groundhog Day! Milwaukee's celebrating a little bit differently this year. In lieu of a fine, furry marmot psychic, the Milwaukee County Zoo will turn to a species of flightless birds, the mighty penguin, to tell us whether to expect an early spring, or hunker down for six more weeks of In the 1980s, the Milwaukee County Zoo had a pair of groundhogs, also known as woodchucks, named Woodie and Woodine. But she took part in the zoo's Groundhog Day events from 2010 to 2017 Milwaukee County Zoo Director Amos Morris, left, and Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, right, make opening remarks at the annual Groundhog Day ceremony, this year with Humboldt penguins This year, the zoo’s Nigerian dwarf goats will take over for the weather prediction duties for their annual Groundhog Day ceremony on Sunday, February 2 at 9:00 a.m. CST. The event will happen privately before the Milwaukee County Zoo opens, but images will be available on social media after 9:15 a.m. on Friday, February 2nd. Groundhog Day without the groundhog? In 2018, Journal Sentinel columnist Jim Stingl wrote that an actual groundhog had represented the zoo in its annual Groundhog Day celebration for the 37 years prior to 2018, except in 2011 when The Milwaukee County Zoo's Nigerian dwarf goats will take over Groundhog Day weather prediction duties this year. The zoo's most recent groundhog, Gordy, passed away in 2023. Last year, the zoo's –The Milwaukee County Zoo gave Groundhog Day a creative twist by consulting Humboldt penguins for the seasonal forecast. – Zoo-goers experienced an entertaining and educational event featuring penguin behaviors and their implications for winter’s duration. The zoo's animal care staff is in the process of acquiring another groundhog. 5-year-old Gordy the groundhog dies at Milwaukee Zoo Groundhog Day 2023: Gordy the Milwaukee groundhog predicts six Milwaukee County Zoo Director Amos Morris, left, and Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, right, make opening remarks at the annual Groundhog Day ceremony, this year with Humboldt penguins In 2018, Journal Sentinel columnist Jim Stingl wrote that an actual groundhog had represented the zoo in its annual Groundhog Day celebration for the 37 years prior to 2018, except in 2011 when Groundhog Day Ceremony 2021. Like. Comment. Share. 944 Milwaukee County Zoo replied The Milwaukee County Zoo kind of stood on tradition last year. The zoo wasn’t able to get a new woodchuck before Feb. 2, 2018, after its previous groundhog, Wynter (not a typo, its parents were hipsters), died at the ripe old age of 9 in 2017. So, Snow Lilly — a 550-pound polar bear — filled in on Groundhog Day. Speaking of pressing on, the Milwaukee County Zoo did exactly that when faced with the prospect of a Groundhog Day without the titular mammal to make its "prediction." Sadly, just a few weeks after last year's "prediction," the zoo had to euthanize its resident groundhog Gordy after he developed fluid around his lungs, most likely from a Following the death of Gordy the Gopher, the Milwaukee County Zoo will rely on a Humboldt Penguin to gauge the coming of spring this year on Groundhog Day, which in Milwaukee should be known as There is no resident groundhog at the Milwaukee County Zoo this year after Gordy, the zoo's Groundhog Day ambassador for five years, unexpectedly died just under a month after he predicted six –The Milwaukee County Zoo gave Groundhog Day a creative twist by consulting Humboldt penguins for the seasonal forecast. – Zoo-goers experienced an entertaining and educational event featuring penguin behaviors and their implications for winter’s duration. Groundhog Day won't be the same this year at the Milwaukee County Zoo.Gordy the groundhog died last year, and the Humboldt penguins are taking over.The Humboldt penguins will waddle into the The Milwaukee County Zoo's penguins took over Groundhog Day prediction duties Friday, Feb. 2. Gordy the groundhog passed away last year.
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