{"id":141134,"date":"2026-02-02T21:33:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T21:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/141134\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T21:33:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T21:33:05","slug":"alligators-at-tallahassee-museum-predict-six-more-weeks-of-winter%f0%9f%90%8a%e2%9d%84%ef%b8%8f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/141134\/","title":{"rendered":"Alligators at Tallahassee Museum predict six more weeks of winter\ud83d\udc0a\u2744\ufe0f"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) &#8211; Has Punxsutawney Phil met his match in the capital city? <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Tallahassee Museum had its first \u2018Tallagator Day\u2019 on Monday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Instead of groundhogs, they call on their resident gators to predict if we\u2019ll have an early spring. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The gators stayed at the bottom of their pool today. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">According to Russell Daws, president and CEO of the Tallahassee Museum, that means six more weeks of winter. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI think they\u2019re saying it\u2019s cold and they\u2019re not coming out,\u201d one of the museum staff said. \u201cSo unfortunately it looks like, according to the tallagators, we\u2019ve got six more weeks of winter.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">To keep up with the latest news as it develops, follow WCTV on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WCTV.tv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wctvnews\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@WCTVEyewitnessNews\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nextdoor<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WCTV\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">X<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WCTV\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Have a news tip or see an error? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2026\/02\/02\/alligators-tallahassee-museum-predict-six-more-weeks-winter\/mailto:news@wctv.tv?subject=Correction%20Needed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Write to us here<\/a>. 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