{"id":374666,"date":"2026-08-31T22:00:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T21:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/and-the-winner-of-fat-marmot-week-is\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T22:00:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T21:00:45","slug":"and-the-winner-of-fat-marmot-week-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/and-the-winner-of-fat-marmot-week-is\/","title":{"rendered":"And the winner of Fat Marmot Week is &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/3z2qGEnIsFI\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"And the winner of Fat Marmot Week is ...\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3z2qGEnIsFI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Fat Marmot Week is an online contest to vote for the plumpest marmot. It was set up by scientists at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Gothic, Colorado. 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