Groggy Vancouver Island marmot makes a twitching motion when put on the scales for weighing
The Vancouver Island marmot, a type of groundhog, made a kind of twitching motion when put on the scales for weighing in dim lighting Thursday at the Marmot Recovery Foundation’s facility on Mount Washington near Courtenay.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
This is almost two-year-old Violet’s second year in the prediction game. Last year, she correctly predicted additional weeks of cold weather.Article content Endangered Vancouver Island marmots live in mountainous terrain. About 210 marmots are in the wild and another 102 live in the foundation’s captive breeding facility at the foundation. Of those 102, 52 will be released into the wild this year, Taylor said.In 2003, there were fewer than 30 wild marmots, but as a result of recovery efforts, by fall of 2021 there were marmots living in 25 colonies on the Island.
That may have limited their ability to regain a healthy body condition after hibernation, the foundation said. Adult and sub-adult survival was good, but very few pups were seen.
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