"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> On Sun 15 Jan 2006 09:12:07a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Ophelia?
>
>>
>> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>
>>> "Ophelia" > wrote
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>>>> "Michael "Dog3" Lonergan" > wrote
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>>>>> Here is the groundhog day FAQ Ophelia:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.groundhog.org/faq/history.shtml
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thank you Michael. So a groundhog is what we know as a hedgehog?
>>>
>>> Oh, not like any hedgehog I've ever seen! They're bigger
>>> than housecats. And no quill type things, just fur. Google on the
>>> word groundhog, 3 pictures pop right up.
>>
>> Ok I have looked. They look a bit like chipmunks to me Thanks
>
> But a much bigger, fatter, chipmunk. Unless, of course, your chipmunks
> are
> as big as a housecat. <g>
>

Well, in Minnesota, the mosquitos (also the state bird) are so big, they've
been know to fly off with cats the suck them dry in more leirurely manner