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Awesome Arctic Animals
Answer:
Siksik
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Siksik
means Arctic marmot in Inuktitut.
Sik-sik ... sik-sik ... Around an Arctic town, the Arctic marmot,
or ground squirrel, double-clicks its Inuit name all summer long. When you
turn your head to have a look, the marmot is usually standing on its hind
legs, like its cousin the prairie dog, staring right back at you. Since they
often burrow on hillsides or around rocks, when silhouetted on a hilltop,
they look just like miniature inukshuit (singular, inukshuk),
the human-shaped stone monuments that Inuit people make to aid them in navigation.
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Hurteau
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