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The 1st Fat Marmot Week winner is a 'special boy who likes to eat rocks'

CBC 31 Aug

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The 1st Fat Marmot Week winner is a 'special boy who likes to eat rocks' — Sources: CBC

Dawn, fuzzy fat father who likes the taste of rocks, is officially the most popular yellow-bellied marmot in Gothic, Colo. The Fat Marmot Week contest is the brainchild of the Marmot Project, a long-term research initiative whose future hangs in the balance amid U.S. funding cuts.

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