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Last month we noted the birth of two groundhogs, offspring of the Punxsutawney prognosticator Phil and his wife Phyllis. Now we know the kits’ genders – boy and girl – and now they have names: Shadow and Sunny, respectively.
Prognosticating rodent Punxsutawney Phil may not have seen this one coming: last week he and wife, Phyllis, became new parents, to at least two baby groundhogs. The births surprised a member of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, who discovered the arrivals only when he came to feed the parents fruit and vegetables.
West Sacramento, California has a novel answer to wildfires: 400 goats. The city has enlisted the services of the animals to eat their way through vegetation that would otherwise become fuel for the fires that have scorched the state in recent years.
