How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck?

As much wood as a woodchuck would,if a woodchuck could chuck wood!

I first heard the tongue twister in Will & Grace. Thot a woodchuck is the woody wood pecker..u know..the cartoon? No, it's a groundhog..



And the real answer to the question is, probably none. Woodchucks aren’t particularly tree-oriented, and while they can climb to find food, they prefer being on the ground.

In fact, they got the name "woodchuck" from British trappers who couldn’t quite wrap their tongues around the Cree Indian name "wuchak." More commonly (and accurately) known as groundhogs, these animals are closely related to squirrels, marmots, and prairie dogs, with which they share an affinity for burrowing.

And actually, a burrowing woodchuck can chuck dirt, in the form of tunnels that can reach five feet deep and as much as 35 feet in length. So, based on that number, New York State wildlife expert Richard Thomas calculated that if a woodchuck could chuck wood, he could chuck as much as 700 pounds of the stuff!