Hoary marmot, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington

#MountainMonday #MarmotDay #ExploreCreateInspire #ArtWolfe #wildlifephotography #potd

CALENDAR (New!) – ART HISTORY ANIMALIA This is a brand new feature and I am still working on filling in events for the year. Right now only January is up and running. Stay tuned for further updates!

Sorry it's a day late - the February social media calendar is now up: arthistoryanimalia.com/calendar/
Today (2 Feb) is a busy day - it is #GroundhogDay (USA) / #MarmotDay (Alaska) / #HedgehogDay (Europe), #WorldOstrichDay, AND #WorldWetlandsDay! Stay tuned for posts for all of them! :)

February 2 is Groundhog Day and Marmot Day. Animal Cognition Fun Facts by Animal Cognition Network.

February 2 is Hedgehog Day. Animal Cognition Fun Facts by Animal Cognition Network.

#AnimalAstroPhotography image credit to BSIP: https://www.gettyimages.ie/detail/news-photo/western-european-hedgehog-news-photo/157889340

February 2 is a triple combo of Groundhog Day, Marmot Day, and Hedgehog Day ! 🦔

#AnimalCognitionFunFacts #GroundhogDay #MarmotDay #HedgehogDay

#AnimalAstroPhotography by BSIP: buff.ly/w20kRiK

Happy Marmot Day! Maybe someday the Washington State Legislature will make the switch from Groundhog Day official, like Alaska did. #marmotday #marmot

Sometimes you just gotta ignore the Mayor’s text. 🤦‍♀️ #MarmotDay @mayorspokane.bsky.social

Only #Bozo 🤡 marmots, with #NoGRIT, #NoBokeh, #NoTalent, and are #CareerFailures & #CareerGrifters post on #MarmotDon ‼️”

This marmot clearly knew how to volley back the 🧢 its haters had‼️ Glad to help provide it an L + Ratio of a closure ‼️

#MarGRIT
#GRITMot
#MarmotDay 📅😎✅
#LeadingWithDignity 🫡

Wow…wow…WOW‼️🤩

What an amazing #MarmotDay ‼️ I was #Pondering 🧐 ways to create shareholder value on the Sky #GRIT trail at Mt. #GRITnier 🏔️🤙, when I #Noticed 📝📊🤙 a noise‼️

At first I thought it was Jgrit…but it wasn’t⁉️🧐 IT WAS A MARMOT‼️

Happy Marmot Day, Alaska! It’s really cold so here are some really cool dice that someone texted me. #dice #marmotday #alaska #damnitscold

Cool Critters: Forget the groundhog – we've got yellow-bellied marmots Pennsylvania’s Punxsutawney Phil may be the world’s most famous groundhog, but he has a cousin in the Inland Northwest who deserves his own day in the sun. And not because he makes scientifically bonk...

Happy #MarmotDay! We love our marmots in #Spokane Anyone have a local photo to share?
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Woodchuck - Arctomys monax / E.K. 1874 publisher: L. Prang & Co. 1 print : color lithograph ; sheet 35 x 27.3 cm. Print shows a left profile view of a "Woodchuck", full-length, standing; also shows a skull. Library of Congress collection: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017660742/ (aka Groundhog, scientific name now Marmota monax)

HOARY MARMOT, or WHISTLER / Marmota caligata p. 535 in _Wild animals of North America, intimate studies of big and little creatures of the mammal kingdom_ by Edward William Nelson, 1918; illustration by Louis Agassiz Fuertes https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/6217228724 .

Hedgehog and Young Plate I in _British land mammals and their habits_ by Alexander Nicol Simpson, 1911; illustration by C. F. Newall https://archive.org/details/britishlandmamma00simp/page/n7/mode/1up

It’s #GroundhogDay (US) #MarmotDay (Alaska) & #HedgehogDay (Europe) so here’s 1 of each!
Woodchuck (Groundhog) (Marmota monax) 1874
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Hoary Marmot (Marmota caligata) 1918
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European Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) 1911
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a person is petting a hedgehog with their fingers . ALT: a person is petting a hedgehog with their fingers .

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Today is #HedgehogDay #MarmotDay let's play:

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