Marmot Timka IV predicted that spring will come in Ukraine in six weeks. “Suspilny” was told about this at the Karazin Kharkov National University.

" That is, spring will come in six weeks. At least that’s what he thinks,” says Vladimir Grubnik, head of the university’s biological station..

According to Grubnik, Timka and other marmots slept well this winter. He noted that “nobody bothered him, didn’t drag him by the tail,” and the groundhog was no longer sleeping when he was taken.

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“It’s difficult for him to live, because the conditions are the same as all of us, and he also doesn’t have electricity, and the weather is very wintery now.”.

But somehow it survives,” the scientist said.

Groundhog Day has been celebrated since 2004 at the biological station in Gaidary near Zmiev, Kharkov region.. The tradition was started to draw attention to the protection of steppe marmots, which were included in the Red Book. According to the station manager, 70-80% of Timka’s forecasts come true.

Earlier, Natalya Didenko wrote that February 2, 3 and 4 in Ukraine will be the coldest. From February 5-6 the frosts will significantly weaken.