Groundhogs' play ends amid Alpine heat

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 12 - Rising temperatures in the Alps have stifled the formerly playful behaviour of the Alpine marmot or groundhog, according to a new study. The ongoing heat wave in the Alps is changing the lives of marmots, who are giving up playing, according to the study conducted in the Orvieilles research area, in Valsavarenche (Aosta), in the Gran Paradiso National Park, and recently published in open access in the journal Animal Behaviour. The research, titled "Too warm to play: te...

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