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Raleigh Mayor Nancy McFarlane, left, leans in close to listen to Sir Walter Wally’s weather prediction as he is held by wildlife specialist Denise Shadduck, right, during the 20th Annual Groundhog Day Celebration at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, Thursday, February 2, 2017. Unlike his cousin up North, Wally did not see his shadow and predicted the swift end to winter. (The North State Journal/Eamon Queeney)