Rocky Mountains – August 2011 – Marmots

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These marmots live on the plateau near the Snowbird Pass. We saw three of them. The first one grazed on the meadow and demonstrated ignorance by stubbornly facing its heavy bottom on me.

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Rocky Mountains – August 2111 – Ground Squirrel

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Ground squirrel, an inhabitant of the rocky meadows near Robson glacier, extensively uses the food niche named “excited hikers”.

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