N.S. groundhog, lobster agree there will be 6 more weeks of winter | 24CA News
Two very completely different prognosticating animals share the opinion that Nova Scotia can have no less than six extra weeks of winter.
Locals in Barrington held a Groundhog Day celebration Thursday morning with a decidedly south-shore twist.
Lucy the Lobster crawled out of the ocean on the Cape Sable Island Causeway at 8 a.m., prepared to point out her rodent rival how a prediction is made.
While it was troublesome to see the place her beady little eyes went, organizers of the occasion declared she noticed her shadow, indicating six extra weeks of winter.
Lucy the Lobster predicted six extra weeks of winter Thursday morning.
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In what is maybe a merciless flip of occasions for her lobster associates, Lucy’s prediction kicked off the Nova Scotia Lobster Crawl in Barrington, which is taken into account the lobster capital of Canada.
Meanwhile, greater than 300 kilometres away on the Shubenacadie Wildlife Park, the province’s most well-known groundhog made a prediction of her personal.
Andrew Morrison, veterinarian and supervisor on the Shubenacadie Wildlife Park, holds Shubenacadie Sam.
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Emerging from her burrow butt-first, Shubenacadie Sam wandered round her enclosure for a number of moments earlier than organizers declared she had seen her shadow.
The occasion was closed to guests for the previous two years because of COVID-19 gathering restrictions. A storm additionally cancelled the occasion in 2020.
“It’s great that we’re able to gather for this tradition again,” Andrew Morrison, supervisor and veterinarian on the wildlife park, advised the gang gathered there within the chilly morning air.
Sam is the primary groundhog in North America to make a prediction as a result of province’s Atlantic time zone.
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