Marmots are a reservoir for the plague bacteria. Steppe people eat marmots. If under cooked the bacteria survive infecting the eater.
What? Squirrel and dumplings can kill you? I always thought it was kinda creepy with them little skulls floating in it but deadly? Really?
I’ve eaten ground hog
Very nice flesh...like lean roast beef
A marmot ate my back pack in Glacier way up high near the top at the pass 10 miles west of Cut bank entry ...name escapes me...1976 or 77
That old entry and ranger station is closed now last i was there in 2017
Near where the grizz ate the girl hikers ...I was there at that time and talked to old ranger going in to kill it