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In real life, the Olympic mascot is a weasel-like animal at risk because of climate change
- ASSOCIATED PRESS, MARCO GRANATA/ERMLIN PROJECT, ANDREA BELINGHERI, EDOARDO PELAZZA
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The two animals chosen as the mascots of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games are stoats, a weasel-like animal that’s at risk because of climate change. But Olympic organizers haven’t been talking about that, at least not so far.
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