Florida mollusk disagrees with Phil, predicts 6 more weeks of winter on 'Grounconch Day'
MARATHON, Fla. - A ‘mollusk meteorologist’ at an aquarium in Florida broke with Punxsutawney Phil on Friday and predicted six more weeks of winter.
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Footage shared on Storyful shows people gathered around the invertebrate at Florida Keys Aquarium Encounters in Marathon to celebrate ‘Grounconch Day.’
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The footage shows the mollusk getting out of his shell twice and then retreating into it. A nearby onlooker said the mollusk saw its own shadow and flipped back into its shell, thus forecasting six more weeks of winter.