According to legend, he delivers his prediction verbally to the Groundhog Club president, using a special language called 鈥淕roundhogese.鈥 Don鈥檛 bother eavesdropping though, because the language is only understood by the Groundhog Club鈥檚 inner circle.

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Punxsutawney Phil, right, is held by Ben Hughes after emerging from his burrow on Gobblers Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., to see his shadow and forecast six more weeks of winter weather in 2010.