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'Everyone Is Looking Very Round': Fat Marmot Week Voting Is Underway
The online tournament aims to draw donations for a 65-year marmot study that needs $225,000 to $300,000 to support a Ph.D. student.
- Starting Monday, Aug. 24, the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory launched the inaugural Fat Marmot Week to raise critical funds for its long-running research into yellow-bellied marmots in Gothic, Colorado.
- Scientists launched the online tournament to secure funding after facing significant federal grant cuts that threaten the 65-year research project, the second-longest-running study of individually marked mammals.
- To supplement donations, the team created a G-rated OnlyFans account called OnlyMarms while inviting the public to vote for the marmot that best exemplifies healthy hibernation preparation.
- Voting is open through Friday, Aug. 28, with the popular vote winner announced Sunday, Aug. 30; the marmot with the largest estimated weight will be announced August 29.
- Researchers noted that poor snowpack and warmer temperatures due to climate change have already caused significant population die-offs, with human-caused climate change making the snow drought about 14 times more likely.
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