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 if a woodchuck could chuck wood answer?
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 is the answer to if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
A traditional, if nonsensical, “response” to the question is: “
A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood
“.
Can a woodchuck 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 is the woodchuck tongue twister?
Wordy Woodchuck –
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? He would chuck, he would, as much as he could, and chuck as much wood as a woodchuck would if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
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.
Why is a woodchuck 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
.
Is Groundhog same as woodchuck?
Groundhogs have many colorful names, including “whistle-pig” for their tendency to emit short, high-pitched whistles. They’re also known as land beavers, but their most
famous nickname is woodchuck
.
Is a woodchuck a beaver?
The difference between Beaver and Woodchuck is their
type as a mammal
. A beaver is a genus mammal, whereas a woodchuck is a species of a mammal. Beaver is a larger rodent than off the woodchuck. Beavers are fast swimmers than woodchucks because of their bigger size.
What is the hardest 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.
What is the easiest tongue twister?
- Red lorry, yellow lorry.
- Sheep should sleep in a shed.
- She sees cheese.
- Zebras zig and zebras zag.
- The blue bluebird blinks.
- Four fine fresh fish for you.
- He threw three balls.
- Greek grapes, Greek grapes, Greek grapes.
Who invented tongue twisters?
Did you know that the famous sea shell tongue twister dates back to 19
th
century England? It’s about a woman called
Mary Anning
.
What are 5 tongue twisters?
- Black background, brown background.
- How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
- Which witch switched the Swiss wristwatches?
- She sells seashells by the seashore.
- Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?
Can you tell me some tongue twisters?
If you can master them, you will be a much more confident speaker.
Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?
What was the first tongue twister?
The term tongue twister was first applied to this kind of expressions in 1895.
“She sells seashells
” was turned into a popular song in 1908, with words by British songwriter Terry Sullivan and music by Harry Gifford.
Does bubble gum really work on groundhogs?
Noel Falk, the “Plant Doctor” had recommended using “Double Bubble” brand bubble gum to eliminate groundhogs. Supposedly groundhogs love this particular brand of bubble gum, but
once they eat it, it gums up their insides and ultimately kills them
.
