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    • Challenge Question #1

    Patty O'Brien (pobrien@phoenix-zoo.org)
    Wed, 5 Feb 1997 09:10:02 -0700 (MST)

    Because the state of Arizona has no groundhogs, we have opted to use "Aqua
    Fria Freddie" as a method to determine the extent of winter. Because Freddie
    is a rattlesnake - therefore an ectotherm - he serves as a good indication
    of the departure of winter!

    Submitted by Karen Schedler, Education Dept./The Phoenix Zoo