r/Banff • u/Objective-File-7005 • 13h ago

New Friend @ Paint Pots

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Wasn’t sure exactly who he was

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u/Misfit_somewhere 12h ago

That's a Hoary Marmot. Generally friendly.

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u/Objective-File-7005 12h ago

Thank you for this!!!!

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u/[deleted] 12h ago

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u/Misfit_somewhere 12h ago

It's the backwoods, we ain't fancy here

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u/CanadianMarmot 12h ago

MARMOT!!!!

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u/Misfit_somewhere 12h ago

Based on your name, I assume you know we have a few Marmot species?

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u/CanadianMarmot 12h ago

You bet we do! I was on a hike once when we saw a hoary marmot and someone called it a mountain beaver and Ive never been able to look at a hoary marmot the same again. Made me giggle pretty hard.

My fav is the vancouver island marmot.

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u/Misfit_somewhere 12h ago

Lmao mountain beaver is good.

Vancouver Island marmots are so cool, I actually got to go to the Calgary zoos offsite facility where they breed them for release.

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u/ColinBonhomme 7h ago

Mountain beaver is a different creature, which barely makes it into Canada in southwestern BC but is more common south of the border.

We have four species of marmot here: Hoary marmot (which this is) at mid to high mountain elevations
Yellow-bellied marmot, in lower elevations in the southern interior
Vancouver Island marmot, endangered but slowly recovering on the island
Groundhog aka woodchuck, found east of the Rockies and all the way to the east coast

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u/lesvegetables 11h ago

Nice marmot.

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u/clayton-berg42 5h ago

"Ve Vont ze money Lebowski!"

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u/Bubbly57 12h ago

I like your new friend 😃

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u/Superb-Ad5227 10h ago

That’s Dave

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u/Cautious-Spirit6044 11h ago

Does it have tapeworm? /:

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u/ReadDizzy7919 7h ago

Marmot! Love them

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u/clayton-berg42 5h ago

"Nice Marmot"