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Local Groundhog Family Devours Velcro Plant




There's a family of groundhogs/woodchucks living under the wooden plank path in my aunt's backyard. Mom has two babies, who are nearly grown. I figure they'll move on once they're ready. They eat the plentiful burdock, so my aunt's not complaining too much. (First thing I did after setting my stuff down was go out to see if I could see them, and the mom had her chin on the plank while lying in a hole made from the planks shifting due to large roots.)
The benefit of groundhogs is ground aeration, if their burrows stay open.
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We have nothing quite like them here on the other side of the pond.
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The groundhogs are really cute, too.
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Lovely photos!
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The ones at my family's are eating the herb garden, meanwhile.