What would you do if you were dragged out of your bed by some old farts with black cylinder hats on their bald heads? - Just say something, so they will put you back…I believe most wild animals have a 6th sense for predicting current weather and hash winter weather ahead. All except for the little Ground Squirrel on February 2nd, who only has a 39% average of being correct on the arrival of an early spring or not!
https://www.livescience.com/32974-punxsutawney-phil-weather-prediction-accuracy.html#:~:text="If Punxsutawney Phil is right,going by the groundhog's predictions."
http://www.almanac.com/news/gardening/gardening-advice/winter-weather-lore-observing-natures-signs#:~:text=Animal behavior has long been,used to predict winter weather
I am sure, something is going on, my neighbors goats have developed an unusual thick fur too. Actually it was that neighbor who was asking me if i have noticed something with my ducks.
Then man get's involved into the equation and messes it all up for everyone! 
I guess i need to cut some more firewood then. Those goats, the goats and the pony can't all be wrong…Animals and old Mother Nature have it all figured out.
Back home we used to look at the size of the muskrat huts in late summer and the size of the huts was a good indicator of the hash winter ahead.I guess i need to cut some more firewood then. Those goats, the goats and the pony can't all be wrong…
https://www.weather.gov/arx/woollybear
The wooly bears? They say »run for the hills! The ducks are on the loose!!!«What do your wooly bears say? Mine say long rainy winter
I've found one Woolly Bear yesterday, sadly already dead. It was entirely black, and according to the web-site you have linked here: »The longer the woolly bear's black bands, the longer, colder, snowier, and more severe the winter will be.«What do your wooly bears say? Mine say long rainy winter
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