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LiberalElite

(14,691 posts) Fri Feb 1, 2013, 11:10 PM Feb 2013

Groundhogs in NYC

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/01/dropped-in-a-park-or-lost-wanderers-most-groundhogs-live-isolated-lives-in-the-city/

Staten Island Chuck lives the pampered life one would expect of a celebrity groundhog, lounging in a heated nursery at the Staten Island Zoo and noshing on sweet potatoes as the world outside shivers.

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Groundhogs in NYC (Original Post) LiberalElite Feb 2013 OP

That was interesting! frogmarch Feb 2013 #1

Yeah - I had no idea. LiberalElite Feb 2013 #2

frogmarch

(12,153 posts)

1. That was interesting!

Reply to LiberalElite (Original post)

Sat Feb 2, 2013, 12:37 AM

Feb 2013

Good, well-written article. I started out just skimming, but then I found myself growing more and more fascinated by the story, and with groundhogs, and I ended up reading the whole article word for word.

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)

2. Yeah - I had no idea.

Reply to frogmarch (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 2, 2013, 09:03 PM

Feb 2013

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