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The Haunted Passage Incident: A Halloween Adventure in the Burrow

The trouble began, as trouble so often does in a marmot colony, when the adults fell asleep. By late October the Rocky Mountain alpine tundra lay buried beneath an increasingly unwelcoming combination of frost, snow and wind. The wildflowers had … Continue reading →

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Halloween in the Burrow: A Marmot’s Guide

For most humans Halloween means candy, costumes and mild regrets, usually associated with alcohol. But for marmots, nature’s roundest rodents, it’s a bit more complicated. See, by the time October rolls around, marmots are deep into their pre-hibernation naps, dreaming … Continue reading →

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