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Wildlife Reports => Toronto Wildlife => Topic started by: Ally on April 10, 2020, 04:03:42 PM

Title: Groundhog showing teef
Post by: Ally on April 10, 2020, 04:03:42 PM
He was not being mean, just caught him in the middle of chewing. Very cautious, on the edge of fleeing at all times.
Title: Re: Groundhog showing teef
Post by: Dinusaur on April 10, 2020, 04:17:30 PM
This reminds me of a funny video I recently saw on Facebook. Here's the link if you have a FB account.
https://www.facebook.com/MarybethVitaEdwards/videos/10220574127777488/?t=3
Title: Re: Groundhog showing teef
Post by: Ally on April 10, 2020, 04:35:55 PM
Quote from: "Dinusaur"
This reminds me of a funny video I recently saw on Facebook. Here's the link if you have a FB account.
https://www.facebook.com/MarybethVitaEdwards/videos/10220574127777488/?t=3
Hahaha, that famous Allan clip.
Title: Re: Groundhog showing teef
Post by: Shortsighted on April 10, 2020, 06:52:32 PM
Marmota momax, a eastern North American marmot that emerges from hibernation in spring
and is not all that bothered by people. It must be enjoying the dearth of human traffic demanded
by the adherence to social distancing.
Title: Re: Groundhog showing teef
Post by: Shortsighted on April 12, 2020, 02:48:03 PM
(https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-JpTrJ25/0/3be8bd4a/L/i-JpTrJ25-L.jpg) (https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-358cgw/i-JpTrJ25/A)

Wow, where did everybody go?
This is nothing like last spring.
I like it!
Title: Re: Groundhog showing teef
Post by: Axeman on April 23, 2020, 09:41:52 AM
Well they can be quite vicious and their bite packs a punch but...given the number of people that go out of their way to run them over around here, I'm with on the groundhog side.

There are people who hunt them -- apparently it's an open season. Hunters -- some drive up from the city -- go around to farms and ask the farmers for permission to set up and hunt in their fields...they shoot them....collect them for a count and dispose of them...that's it....Killing for the thrill of the kill...

Shubnecadie NS has a prognosticating groundhog...Shubnecadie Sam....Shubnecadie was one of the tragic locations of that evil little man.

I love seeing my first of spring...or watching a group of them in a field.