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  "id": 4499409,
  "title": "‘Humongous’ marmot crowned winner in inaugural Fat Marmot Week contest",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/humongous-marmot-crowned-winner-in-inaugural-fat-marmot-week-contest",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-30T20:08:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/30/marmot-winner-fat-marmot-week-contest"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Dawn is champion after public voting of eight yellow-bellied marmots as they fattened up for long winter ahead A marmot contest started by researchers who turned to OnlyFans to help save a decades-long research project has chosen its champion in its inaugural Fat Marmot Week. Dawn was crowned the winner of Fat Marmot Week 2026 after securing back-to-back victories in both the mass-gain and…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}