09/01/2026
In non-domesticated animal news... The 1st Fat Marmot Week winner is "A special boy who likes to eat rocks."
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.