Here’s my answer from April 2017: According to the Poetry Foundation, a woodchuck would chuck “
As much wood as a woodchuck could chuck, If a woodchuck
could chuck wood.” (bit.ly/woodchuck-poem) Researchers at Cornell determined that a woodchuck could chuck about 700 pounds: (bit.ly/cornell-woodchucks).
What’s the answer to how much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Here’s a totally worthless – yet interesting – groundhog fact that shows how extensive a groundhog’s burrow is and, at the same time, answers that age-old question: “How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?” If by “chucking wood” you mean moving wood, the answer is
about 700 pounds
.
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck full tongue twister?
This calculation led Mr. Thomas, by extension, to an answer to what was then an 85-year-old question. Should a woodchuck be so inclined, Thomas concluded, he could chuck
about 700 pounds of wood
as well.
Do woodchucks really chuck wood?
While
woodchucks do not “chuck” wood
, they do “chuck” dirt as they build underground burrows. In 1988, 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. … Woodchucks do not chuck wood.
What if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
New York state wildlife expert Richard Thomas found that a woodchuck could (and does) chuck around 35 cubic feet of dirt in the course of digging a burrow. Thomas reasoned that if a woodchuck could chuck wood, he would
chuck an amount equivalent to the weight of the dirt
, or 700 pounds.
What is the most difficult tongue twister?
“Pad kid poured curd pulled cod.
” A team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have dubbed this tongue twister the world’s most difficult. “If anyone can say this (phrase) 10 times quickly, they get a prize,” said Stefanie Shattuck-Hufnagel, an MIT psychologist.
Why is a woodchuck called a woodchuck if they can’t chuck wood?
Woodchucks don’t actually chuck wood. Their name
originates from the original words used to describe them by the Native Americans
. When English settlers arrived, they used familiar sounds from their own language to come up with the word “woodchuck” that sounded similar to the native words used to describe the animals.
Are woodchucks aggressive?
Groundhogs, also known as woodchucks, are found all over central and eastern US. They dig burrows in grassy areas and are known to eat through gardens. They’re hard to get rid of because
they are aggressive animals
, and can have rabies.
Why is it called a woodchuck?
The name woodchuck has nothing to do with wood. Or chucking. It
is derived from the Algonquian name for the critters, wuchak
.
What is the difference between a beaver and a woodchuck?
Beavers are roughly three times larger at
approximately 40 pounds, spend the bulk of their time in and near water, and have webbed hind feet and long, flat tails. Woodchucks weigh about 12 pounds, have short tails, stubby legs, and spend most of their time underground.
What are the best tongue twisters?
- Wordy Woodchuck – How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? …
- Bear-ly Babbling – Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear. …
- Pete’s Pick – Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. …
- Baker Blurb – Betty Botter had some butter, “But,” she said, “this butter’s bitter.
Can tongue twister?
She sells seashells by the seashore.
Can you can a can as a canner can can a can? The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick
. [According to The Guinness Book of World Records this is the toughest tongue twister!
What is the hardest thing to do with your tongue?
Pulled cod
. “Pad kid poured curd pulled cod.” A team of researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology say that this is the most difficult tongue twister in the world.
What is the easiest tongue twister in the world?
- Five frantic frogs fled from fifty fierce fishes.
- Fuzzy Wuzzy.
- Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear,
- Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair,
- Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t very fuzzy, was he?
- I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream.
- Sheena leads, Sheila needs.
- Seth at Sainsbury’s sells thick socks.
Does Betty like butter?
Betty Botter bought some butter, but
the butter, it was bitter
. If she put it in her batter, it would make her batter bitter, but a bit of better butter, that would make her batter better.
Do squirrels chuck wood?
Yes, it could, and it wood
. No, sorry, it would … and it does. The large, squirrel-like rodents toss out, or chuck, the one thing that stands between them and a life of underground luxury — dirt. … But the list also includes whistling pig, land squirrel, land beaver, marmot and even ‘underground architect.
