How can a woodchuck chuck wood

Todd Harding Published: December 5, Share on Facebook Share on Twitter. I suppose it depends on whether you are talking about African or European woodchucks. A woodchuck would chuck as much as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood. Filed Under: Groundhog , Siri. Share Flipboard Email. Kenneth Beare. Updated November 26, Featured Video. Cite this Article Format. Beare, Kenneth. Tongue Twisters: "Woodchuck".

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We and our partners process data to: Actively scan device characteristics for identification. I Accept Show Purposes. In , Richard Thomas, a New York Fish and Wildlife technician, decided to estimate how much wood a woodchuck might chuck if it indeed could chuck wood. Woodchuck burrows have a long tunnel that is 25 to 30 feet long, which leads to a summer den, a winter den for hibernating, and a bathroom.

Thomas calculated that the average woodchuck burrow is approximately 35 square feet. Using the dirt woodchucks remove when building their burrows as a proxy for wood, Thomas multiplied the burrow square footage by approximate weight of soil, about 20 pounds per square foot, to calculate that woodchucks chucked about pounds of soil when building a burrow.

Myth Status: Busted! Woodchucks do not chuck wood.