 |
| |
Mojave Max Makes the News
Today: February 03, 2004 at 9:12:35 PST
Tortoise is a better weather forecaster than groundhog
Kids waiting for Mojave Max to make appearance
By Jennifer Knight
While that famous groundhog was busy on Monday doing his thing in Pennsylvania, kids in Clark County were pinning their hopes on a little-known tortoise named Mojave Max.
In a well-attended ceremony on Monday, Punxsutawney Phil predicted that winter will last another six weeks -- but it turns out Las Vegas' slower-to-show tortoise can more accurately predict when spring has sprung here in the Southwest, according to biologists.
Just when Mojave Max will emerge from hibernation to mark the first day of spring is the subject of a countywide contest and more than 10,000 kids in kindergarten through 12th grade are expected to log onto Max's website before March to predict when the exact moment will happen.
|