Help choose the biggest ‘it squirrels’ of the year for Fat Marmot Week

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This marmot's name is Open Kite. Researchers say this "girl boss" didn't have a mate this year, so she "was able to allocate all of her energy to self-maintenance." The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory may run the second-longest study of individually identifiable...

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