Two very totally different prognosticating animals share the opinion that Nova Scotia will have at the least six more 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 tough to see the place her beady little eyes went, organizers of the occasion declared she noticed her shadow, indicating six more weeks of winter.
Lucy the Lobster predicted six more weeks of winter Thursday morning.
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In what is maybe a merciless flip of occasions for her lobster mates, Lucy’s prediction kicked off the Nova Scotia Lobster Crawl in Barrington, which is taken into account the lobster capital of Canada.
Meanwhile, more than 300 kilometres away on the Shubenacadie Wildlife Park, the province’s most well-known groundhog made a prediction of her personal.
Emerging from her burrow butt-first, Shubenacadie Sam wandered round her enclosure for just a few moments earlier than organizers declared she had seen her shadow.
Andrew Morrison, veterinarian and supervisor on the Shubenacadie Wildlife Park, holds Shubenacadie Sam.
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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 group gathered there within the chilly morning air.
Sam is the primary groundhog in North America to make a prediction because of the province’s Atlantic time zone.
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