Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil being held by Groundhog co-handler Ron Ploucha on the 130th Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania on Feb. 2. Punxsutawney Phil, a famed U.S. groundhog with an even more famous shadow, he emerged from his burrow on Tuesday and predicted an early spring.

— ALAN FREED / Reuters