{
  "id": 4737878,
  "title": "The 1st Fat Marmot Week winner is a 'special boy who likes to eat rocks'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/the-1st-fat-marmot-week-winner-is-a-special-boy-who-likes-to-eat-rocks",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T22:09:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC News",
    "slug": "cbc-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/fat-marmot-week-9.7327200"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}