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| Groundhog Day 2012 |
"Unfortunately, the weather conditions do not allow us this year to become a tradition at the zoo" Limpopo "Groundhog Day. We were hoping until the last moment by warming, but - alas. Steady-state and do not want to fall frosts can be damaging to our sybil Olesya, Therefore, in order to preserve her health, we are forced to cancel the promotion, "- the press service of the zoo.
It is believed that if a groundhog day when leaving the house to see his shadow and hide back - winter drags on for a long time, but if the animal is nothing and nobody scares - we can hope for an early spring. In 2011, Olesya long hesitated to look out of his house, suggesting that the thaw in the near future, Nizhny Novgorod can be expected. Ironically, the projections of the caudate forecaster justified. This year, alas, Nizhny Novgorod predictions did not get, so you have to rely on traditional weather forecasters.
The biggest festival in Groundhog Day, held in the U.S., Canada and Australia, although the tradition of guessing approach of winter in animal behavior has been laid as far back as ancient Rome - there February 2nd Day was celebrated urchin. The principle of the signs was the same and based on the fact, seen or not seen his shadow the hedgehog. In northern Germany, projections did the badger, and in North America, where there were carried out either hedgehogs or badgers, the role of the meteorologist turned to marmot.
