Re: [aroid-l] Woodchuck problem

Thank You David & Ellen for your very refreshingly funny & "different"
anecdotes about the dreaded GroundHog!

Great!

Ron





Ron

----- Original Message -----
From: "plantsman" <plantsman@prodigy.net>
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Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 9:59 PM
Subject: Re: [aroid-l] Woodchuck problem


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ron iles" <roniles@eircom.net>
> To: <aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu>
> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 8:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [aroid-l] Woodchuck problem
>
>
> > What's a Woodchuck?
> >
> ==============
> A woodchuck or what we southerners call a groundhog, is a large rodent
that
> looks sort of like a beaver but with a shorter brushy tail.   They are a
> type of marmot (Marmota monax) and burrow underground, eat vegetation,
> especially loving apples and fresh vegetables (fruit & vegetation) from
> peoples gardens.  Farmers especially don't like them because their large
> burrows (with multiple entrances) present a hazard to both cattle and farm
> machinery.   The one I just relocated had three burrow entrances
underneath
> my garage foundation.
>
> I had one as a pet many years ago that was an orphan pup that someone
found
> and bottle fed.   He was very friendly and followed me around just like a
> dog and would come to you if you called his name or whistled and like to
be
> held and carried around.  All was well until he got mature and then the
urge
> to dig took over.  You just could not contain him in anything short of a
> steel cage as he was very strong.  We finally ended up giving him to our
> large mountaintop city park's wildlife folks, who relocated him to a
fairly
> remote area of the park.  Every year they had a festival at this section
of
> the park and he would come out to be fed and petted even though he
probably
> weight over 10 pounds.  He even made the local paper one time when they
had
> a picture of him sitting up on a stump with everyone gathered 'round him.
> He must have lived around five years.
>
> http://www.hoghaven.com/
> http://www.hww.ca/hww2.asp?pid=1&id=109&cid=8
>
> David Sizemore
>
>
>
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