Groundhogs spend the winter hibernating in a specially dug hibernation burrow, their breathing and heartbeats slowed to a snail's pace.

土拨鼠在一个特别的冬眠洞穴中冬眠，它们的呼吸和心跳慢到和蜗牛差不多。

By nature, groundhogs are aggressive creatures.

土拨鼠是一种天生好斗的动物。

They apprenticed their children to a badger and later joined the groundhogs and gophers to start a successful private school.

他们让自己的孩子拜一只獾为师，后来土拨鼠和地鼠也纷纷加入到行列中来，成立了一所成功的私立学校。

In warmer parts of the world, groundhogs hibernate for as little as three months, but in colder regions their sleep can last six months or more.

在比较暖和的地区，土拨鼠只冬眠三个月，但是在寒冷地区冬眠则要持续六个月以上。

You wouldn't necessarily peg groundhogs as good swimmers or tree climbers just by looking at them, but they're actually pretty capable at doing both.

仅仅看外表，你无法判断出土拨鼠是游泳健将，爬树高手，但它们的确很擅长做这两件事。

Groundhogs spend the winter hibernating in a specially dug hibernation burrow, their breathing and heartbeats slowed to a snail's pace, their body temperatures not too far above freezing.

土拨鼠在一个特别的冬眠洞穴中冬眠度过冬天，它们的呼吸和心跳慢到和蜗牛差不多，体温比冰点稍高一点。

According to National Climatic Data Center, Punxsutawney Phil, the most famous of all the groundhog Day groundhogs, isn't very good at his job, having picked correctly only 39 percent of the time.

根据国家气象学数据中心的数据，在土拨鼠日最著名的地方，普克·托尼·克菲尔，土拨鼠并不擅长它的工作，准确捕捉的能力只占到39%。