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Picture
Picture
6/20/2016
Groundhog
Marmota monax
Fields Pond Center, Holden, Maine
Photos by Richard Spinney
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Also known as woodchucks, groundhogs have strong, short limbs made for digging. They live in underground holes and are never far from home. This one is lucky to have found a home at a popular nature center. Groundhogs have a short life expectancy in the wild (2 to 3 years average). They are food for coyote, fox, bobcats, eagles, and dogs. Their number one predator is humans, who may not like to see their home-grown vegetables eaten by a freeloader.

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