Os EUA. pode ter Punxsutawney Phil, but Canada has its own group of groundhogs who forecast the weather every year on February 2nd, otherwise known as Groundhog Day.

O mais famoso deve ser Wiarton Willie, who looks for his shadow on Ontario’s Bruce Peninsula, but there’s also Sam Schubenacadie e Nova Scotia, Brandon Bob in Manitoba, e Balzac Billy em Alberta.

Segundo a lenda, if the groundhog sees his shadow on the 2nd of February, it means that winter will last for six more weeks. As the CBC says,

It’s always been a pack of lies, of course, but it’s fun, e we need fun if we are to survive another Canadian February.

You can read the details of this year’s Canadian groundhog report from CBC.ca ou o Toronto Star.

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