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Fat Marmot Week winner crowned | The Moment

Graduate students Katie Adler and Emily Renkey from the Marmot Project at Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory tell The National about the moment they held the first Fat Marmot Week crowning “Dawn” the winner.

Fat Marmot Week winner crowned | The Moment

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