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Wildlife specialist Denise Shadduck, right, holding Sir Walter Wally and former Museum educator John Connors, left, laugh on stage 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, Sir Walter Wally did not see his shadow and predicted the swift end to winter. (The North State Journal/Eamon Queeney)