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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: 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. 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.” 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 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 The Groundhog Day tradition dates back to Germany where a badger was used to determine the coming of spring. DamianKuzdak/Getty Images Places like Missouri, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin have Groundhog Day. Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania likes to take credit for the inception of Groundhog Day, but its roots go back further. The Tennessee Highway Patrol responded on Monday to an unusual 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 In celebration of Groundhog Day on Tuesday, we are celebrating Chattanooga's very own beloved groundhog, Chattanooga Chuck. Chuck has lived at the Tennessee Aquarium for close to six years and has 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 See and compare Groundhog Day predictions by year, from 2024 back to 1886 (which was before TikTok). A groundhog named Chattanooga Chuck makes an appearance during the Tennessee Aquarium's Small Fry program on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The magical rise and soul-crushing fall of Groundhog Day in small-town N.J. But Tennessee is not on the list of 13 approved states for importing a groundhog into New Jersey. Furbearer species in Tennessee include: Beaver, Coyote, Groundhog, Bobcat*, Fox**, Mink, Muskrat, Opossum, Otter***, Raccoon, Spotted Skunk, Striped Skunk, and Weasel. *Bobcat pelts must be tagged with Tennessee U.S. CITES tags in order to be exported from the U.S. Contact your TWRA regional office for instructions. 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 Chattanooga Chuck was a weather predicting groundhog from Chattanooga, Tennessee. Groundhog Day 2024 Predictions Groundhog Day 2023 Predictions Groundhog Day 2022 the groundhog will see a shadow. For more information on taking forage samples and nutrient analysis stop by the extension office at 212 College Street or call 423-727-816. Most holidays fall into two categories: Those honoring historical events or people (Independence Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Mothers Day, Fathers Day, MLK Day) or religious events/p
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