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11:30, 14-May-2019
Love in the air: Two marmots play on grassland
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The Himalayan marmot lives on the meadow steppe of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Information about Himalayan marmot. /CGTN Photo
Information about Himalayan marmot. /CGTN Photo
They like to eat tender grass with dew drops, and occasionally catch insects and small rodents for food.
In this video, two cute Himalayan marmots are playing with each other. Love is in the air.
Marmots mate in early spring after hibernation. They have a "harem-polygynous" mating system, which means the male marmot reproduces with multiple females at the same time.
(Cover image by Peng Jiansheng from Luli Studio, taken in China's Qinghai Province. The video is credited to "The Himalayan Vultures" from CCTV Documentary.)
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