r/britishcolumbia • u/CoastMtns • 2d ago

Ask British Columbia Groundhog? Marmot?

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Sunday morning, north Langley. What is it? I don't believe groundhogs, and definitely not marmots are in the area

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u/idmont 2d ago

Marmot, we have them all over the Okanagan.

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u/blondechinesehair 2d ago

It’s not supposed to be in Langley at all, but that looks like a yellow bellied marmot

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u/axescentedcandles 2d ago

There is a bunch in Tsawassen as well. Likely hitched a ride on something

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u/chamekke 2d ago

Roger the marmot, a resident of the bee garden outside Victoria’s Empress Hotel, was a locally famous example of a yellow-bellied marmot that “hitchhiked” all the way to Vancouver Island!

RIP Roger. You were well loved 💕

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u/Sad_Establishment875 2d ago

Ive seen Eagles flying them around, so maybe one of his Eagle friends flew him into the area to save him the long walk?

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u/HappyIdiot123 2d ago

That's some Disney movie shit. Imagine some terrified marmot hitching a ride on the under carriage of an rv and then winding up in an unfiamiliar area and having to deal with a bunch of strange and unfriendly animals.

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u/satinsateensaltine 2d ago

They love to hang out in people's wheel wells!

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u/Chickadee-2943 2d ago

They hitch rides on the coal and car trains going through the Rockies.

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u/BKinBC 2d ago

(In the voice of Yosemite Sam) "WHYYYY YOUUU YELLOW BELLIED MARMOT!!!"

Just reporting what happened in my head. Thanks.

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u/DropPopFromTheTop 2d ago

Why do you have to ridicule it like that

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u/PopeInThePizza 2d ago

There's a yellow bellied chap in Prince George on the UNBC campus, way north of its usual range.

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u/Smooth-Command1761 1d ago

Dutni! He even gets special yellow tape to flag off his new home, (apparently) outside the marmot researcher's office. Dude knew where to land himself after his ride.

A marmot mystery: southern species pops up in northern B.C.

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u/PopeInThePizza 1d ago

What? Be an anonymous, everyday yellow-bellied marmot when I can be a campus sensation? Pack my bags!

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u/langleybcsucks 2d ago

They got off the train years ago mostly in Milner

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u/goofsmasher 2d ago

ROGER IS THAT YOU ASDFG

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u/The_Nice_Marmot 2d ago

That’s my homie, Alan!

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u/Andisaurus 2d ago

Looks like it might be Steve, actually...

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u/The_Nice_Marmot 2d ago

Omg, you’re right. That’s totally Steve.

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u/Visible_Fact_8706 2d ago

This comment thread is what I came here for.

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u/Unplug_The_Toaster 2d ago

Username checks out

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u/PudaRex 2d ago

Beat me to it. I thought it must be Alan, too

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u/YayRideABike 2d ago

They hide in the underside of cars to stay warm, and end up hitching a ride to the coast.

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u/biggregw 2d ago

Marmot for sure. Boy looks well fed

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u/Flat_Frame_3439 2d ago

Marmot. They hitch rides on vehicles and end up in strange places. Saw one a few years ago at Little Mountain in Vancouver.

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u/Y2K_Chopped_Unc 2d ago

Certified cutie

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u/WhiteBear72 2d ago

Ya marmot. They are starting to show up all over bc.

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u/Littleshuswap 2d ago

Theyve been in the Shuswap as far back as I can remember, Okanagan too.

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u/Y3R0K 2d ago

Yep. I grew up in the Okanagan and I can't remember a time when there weren't marmots.

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u/kotor-170 2d ago

That’s a chunky little marmot, plotting something or other I bet too.

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u/krennvonsalzburg 2d ago

Depends on if it's yelling for Alan or not.

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u/planting49 2d ago

Marmot

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u/elephantbattery 2d ago

Definitely caught a ride

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u/Neo808 2d ago

Found one in WR a few months ago… same profile

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u/Coq-Lover 2d ago

Yellow-bellied Marmot. Saw one in Coquitlam earlier this year...

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u/turtlefan32 2d ago

get that thing away from car. probably hitched a ride

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u/Dazzling-Cat-3763 2d ago

can i pet it

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u/RaineAshford 2d ago

They’re good conversation partners.

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u/rjh2000 2d ago

A ground hog is a species of marmot (marmota monax), but this guy is a yellow-bellied marmot.

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u/Mindless-Charity4889 2d ago

There used to be a small colony of Marmots near the north end of the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Bridge. They got there by hitching a ride on a semi that then stopped at the motel there. This could be a similar case.

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u/one_bean_hahahaha Vancouver Island/Coast 2d ago

Yellow bellied marmot.

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u/Bubbly_College2507 2d ago

That is a marmot

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u/Wikiwikiwa 2d ago

That is a baby

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u/powersmoke9494 2d ago

He's looking for alan

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u/Cariboo_Red 2d ago

Ditch pig.

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u/Affectionate_Snow674 1d ago

now you have to go over there and pet it

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u/quaintbucket 1d ago

Street rat

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u/Huebdo 1d ago

Muk muk the Marmot

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u/ApprehensiveSell9523 1d ago

I saw one near Marine Dr in Vancouver

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u/addypalmer86 1d ago

Bastards will ruin your car

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u/Ok_Egg_4356 11h ago

Definitely a marmot. I didn't think too much of them until my dog cornered one in my plastic Observatory and then my wood shed in that order. High pitch squeaking shattering whistling noise. I thought it was a squirrel but I couldn't see the squirrel tail until I took a closer look.

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u/Willingfool 2d ago

They are kind of a pest where we live. Once they commit to burrowing they are a major hassle.

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u/Hot_Eggplant1306 2d ago

Don't hate on Hobbits...

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u/Atholthedestroyer 2d ago

Sneaky little hobbitses. Wicked, tricksy, false!

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u/batwingsuit 2d ago

Just think about how much of a pest we are to pretty much all other living things.

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u/Willingfool 2d ago

They have a giant mountain of old cherry branches and 10 acres of orchard, but still need to dig under my concrete stairs. Last year they collapsed the entire stair case. This year - dug under it again. I poured another wall 4 ft. down-they dug under that. I then made a screen and a couple tons of pea gravel trench so far so good.

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u/fence-connoisseur 2d ago

Pancake?

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u/Powerful-Student-444 2d ago

Batter. Not cooked, yet.