How much wood could a woodchuck really chuck?

Question

just wondering

Answer 1

Well, Woodchucks can chuck around 35 cubic feet of dirt in the course of digging a burrow. So in reason if a woodchuck could chuck 35 cubic feet of dirt he could chuck an equivalence of 700 pounds of wood. In a more logical sense I believe that if the woodchuck chucked the amount of wood that she sells seashells on the seashore divided by how many pickles Peter Piper picks would give us the true answer.

Answer 2

Ironically wood chucks cant chuck wood, hence the completion of the riddle " IF a wood chuck COULD chuck would", in fact a woodchuk is a ground hog or marmot.

the only wood chucking rodent is the nobel beaver. Some rodents will chuck wood but limited to a hole in a wall or to enlargen a den in a tree etc. Beavers are the only mamal besides human to change the enviroment to suite there living
needs.

s'cuse the spelling

Answer 3

The name woodchuck has nothing etymologically to do with wood. It stems from an Algonquian or Cree Indian or, possibly, even Narragansett name/ word, wuchak, used to identify several different animals of similar size and color, including other marmots; it denotes nothing about the Woodchuck’s habits or habitat. The apparent relationship between the two words has led to the common tongue twister, "How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? — A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood."

The Wall Street Journal quotes wildlife expert Richard Thomas as calculating that the average Groundhog moves approximately 1 m³ (35 cubic feet), or 320 kg (700 pounds), of dirt when digging a burrow.

Usually Groundhogs, Woodchucks, or Whistlepigs (different names for the same animal) breed in their second year, but a small percentage may breed as yearlings. The breeding season extends from early March to middle or late April, following hibernation. A mated pair will remain in the same den throughout the 28-32 day gestation period. As birth of the young approaches in April or May, the male will leave the den. One litter is produced annually, usually containing 2-6 blind, naked and helpless young. Young groundhogs are weaned and ready to seek their own dens at five to six weeks of age.

This sun-loving creature is active by day, especially in early morning and late afternoon. In late summer or early fall, the Woodchuck puts on a heavy layer of fat, which sustains it through hibernation. It digs a winter burrow with a hibernation chamber, where it curls up in a ball on a mat of grasses. The animal’s body temperature falls from almost 97°F (36°C) to less than 40°F (4°C), its breathing slows to once every six minutes, and its heartbeat drops from more than 100 beats per minute to four. The Woodchuck emerges in early spring (according to legend, on February 2, Groundhog Day, but much later in northern parts of its range). A male at once seeks a mate; its brief stay in the burrow of a receptive female is almost the only time that two adults share a den. A good swimmer and climber, the Woodchuck will ascend a tree to escape an enemy or obtain a vantage point, but never travels far from its den. Its burrow, up to 5 feet (1.5 m) deep and 30 feet (9 m) long, has one or more tunnels terminating in a chamber containing a large grass nest. Other mammals, including cottontail rabbits, Virginia Opossums, Common Raccoons, skunks, and foxes, may use a vacant Woodchuck burrow, sometimes enlarging it to create a nursery den. Green vegetation, such as grasses, clover, alfalfa, and plantain, forms its diet; at times it will feed heavily on corn and can cause extensive damage in a garden. If alarmed, the Woodchuck often gives a loud, sharp whistle, followed by softer ones as it runs for its burrow, from which it then peeks out. When agitated, it chatters its teeth, and it can hiss, squeal, and growl. The human hunter is the Woodchuck’s major enemy, but the automobile and large predators, especially the Red Fox, also take their toll. While an overpopulation can damage crop fields, gardens, and pastures, Woodchucks are beneficial in moderate numbers. Their defecation inside the burrow, in a special excrement chamber separate from the nesting chamber, fertilizes the earth. Their digging loosens and aerates the soil, letting in moisture and organic matter while bringing up subsoil for transformation into topsoil (in New York State they turn over 1.6 million tons of soil each year).

Description:
A large marmot. Grizzled brown (with variations from reddish to blackish); uniformly colored. Prominent bushy tail. Small ears. Short legs. Feet dark brown or black. Incisors white. L 16 1/2–32" (418–820 mm); T 3 7/8–6" (100–152 mm); HF 2 7/8–3 7/8" (75–100 mm); Wt 4 1/2–14 lb (2–6.4 kg).

Scientific Classifications:
Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Rodentia

Family: Sciuridae (Squirrel Family)

Subfamily: Sciurinae

Genus: Marmota

Species: M. monax

Binomial name:
Marmota monax

Answer 4

a wood chuck would chuck as much wood, as a wood chuck could, if a wood chuck could chuck wood! Say that fast 3 times!

Answer 5

If a woodchuck could chuck wood? Or is that would? :-)

Answer 6

Well, considering the density of the creatures teeth, the type of wood , its diet, health, distractions, and the availability of the resource, it could "chuck" 12.3 square meters on any given average day. Keep your stick on the ice.:)

Answer 7

a woodchuck wood chuck wood all day if you let him.lol

Answer 8

if you only knew does a bear **** in the woods

Answer 9

a whole chuck full?

Answer 10

DEepends if its hardwood or softwood