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the chunkiest alpine sleeper who whistles like a kettle and snubs winter for eight straight months
means A large, burrow-dwelling rodent of the squirrel family that lives in mountainous and grassland regions and hibernates for much of the year.
from From French marmotte, the source beyond that is debated. One favored guess traces it to a Romance descendant of Latin mus montis, 'mountain mouse,' which fits the animal nicely; another links it to murem montanum or to Romansh/Alpine dialect words. The truth is that the precise root is uncertain — what's clear is that the name reached English through French and carries the scent of the mountains in any case.
- sleep champ
- hibernates up to eight months yearly
- alarm system
- shrill whistle warns colony of predators
- heart trick
- heartbeat drops to five beats per minute
- weather fame
- Groundhog Day star is a marmot
- summit dweller
- lives above tree line in mountains
groundhog day — punxsutawney phil predicts spring in pennsylvania since 1887
alpine marmot — hibernates 6-7 months in european alps, most studied marmot species
vancouver island marmot — critically endangered species with fewer than 400 individuals remaining in british columbia