woodchucks

= woodchucks =

unusual facts

Groundhogs day is when people think that the wood chuck can tell how long winter is. Why I don't know its just wierd. Groundhogs aka woodchucks are also the largest squirrel. Ground hogs HIBERNATE .....THEY HIBERNATE! Ground hogs stay with their mothers for several months. .

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Ground hogs adapt by lowering there heart beats by 4 seconds when its cold Groundhogs hve anti freeze in there blood.Ground hogs live in the ground.Groundhogs use there claws to dig holes for protection ======

wieght
Ground hogs wiegh no more than 14 pounds.

=food=

Groundhogs aka woodchucks eat garden delieghts (potatoes, corn, cabbage, celery, etc.) if they are lucky enough to burrow under someones garden. If they dont get lucky they will eat wild fruits and veggies, seeds, weeds, crickets and other small invertebrates and if they are really desprate they will eat farmers cattel.

=enemies= . In the past woodchucks enemies were bears,wolves,lynx,bobcats and cougars.

In present day woodchuck enimies are foxes,cyotes,dogs and man.

=protection=

Woodchucks protect themselves by making sharp wisthels with there large insisors.

GENDER

Wodchucks can be girl or boy.

LIFE CYCLE

Wodchucks breed in febuary and march then they have about 5 babys in april and may then the young go and find there own teritory woodchucks only live about 2 years

refrences

[|www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/.com] pics\