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Article: BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WOODCHUCKS DON'T CHUCK WOOD
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- September 3, 1994
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OUTDOORS - NATURE
"How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?"
The subject of that popular tongue-twister, the woodchuck - or groundhog as some people call it - is a fairly common mammal of Northwest Indiana woodlands.
The woodchuck excavates an intricate burrow about 4 feet underground. The burrow may measure 40 feet or more. Four well-developed front toes and curved- claws aid the woodchuck digging.
It's difficult to find a woodchuck burrow, unless you have the misfortune to step in the entrance hole.
Woodchucks conceal their holes in dense vegetation as a defense against predators. Some ...