#groundhog

[yeahiwasintheshit]

#chunk #groundhog

[vetteldixon]

GROUNDHOGS FP1 2023 Canadian Grand Prix

#canadian gp 2023 #f1 #groundhog #beloved critters...

[ostdrossel]

Someone has woken up from hibernation and is visiting the water often. I am happy to see how healthy this groundhog looks.

#animal #Tiere #Groundhog #Murmeltier #yes I added an artificial voice #cute #funny #wildlife #nature #Ostdrossel #veggielover

[lousydrawingsforgoodpeople]

i think this is a groundhog. feel ur feelings.

#it’s ok to miss them #feel your feelings #doodles #bad art #lousy drawings #doodle #positivity #self love #healing #recovery #sit with the suck #emotions #groundhog #creature #exes #toxic

[chibird]

Which groundhog gift is your favorite? ♡ I’m kind of interested in the rare groundhog guacamole...

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#cute #groundhog

[amnhnyc]

It’s Groundhog Day! Today, everyone closely watched as these stout members of the squirrel family (unscientifically) predicted an early spring. The Groundhog Diorama in the Museum’s Hall of North American Mammals depicts a groundhog emerging from its burrow to graze on red clover, one of its favorite foods. Groundhogs, also known as woodchucks, spend much of their lives underground—their burrows can have passageways stretching 40 feet (12 meters) or more!

See this diorama up close in the Museum’s Hall of North American Mammals. We’re open daily from 10 am-5:30 pm! Plan your visit.

Photo: D. Finnin/© AMNH

#amnh #museum #science #natural history #nature #animals #groundhog #mammals #groundhog day #did you know #fact of the day #diorama #animal facts

[beardedmrbean]

Appropriate music, this truly is the Mountain King

#marmot #groundhog #noms

[jaubaius]

Befriending a Prairie Dog

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#groundhog #animals #freindship #friendly #wildlife #alan alan #plagueposting #cute animals

[typhlonectes]

#aliens #groundhog #groundhog day #memes #animals #nature

[thegoodmorningman]

No matter what!!!

#good #morning #good morning #good morning message #good morning image #good morning images #good morning man #the good morning man #the entire morning #gif #good morning messages #gm #morning vibes #morning motivation #groundhog's day #groundhog day #groundhog #punxsutawney phil #punxsutawney pa #punxsutawneyphil #punxsutawney #phil #tuxedo #every day #no matter what #or else... #gobbler's knob

[savagechickens]

Stop Asking.

Happy Groundhog Day!

#groundhog day #groundhog #climate change #responsibility #blame #setup #weather

[weirdmarioenemies]

Happy Groundhog Day! I think it is so wonderful that there is an entire holiday dedicated to a specific burrowing rodent. Americans love this thing! And who wouldn't? Their burrows aerate soil, and provide homes for many other critters!

A lot of people wouldn't love the groundhog, actually. In 1883, the New Hampshire Legislative Woodchuck Committee put out a statement calling groundhogs "wayward sinners" whose grooming habits suggest good manners, but who in reality have "not made any material progress in social science". You think the Discourse is bad today? They used to form committees to complain about a squirrel's moral character!

However, this is not the extent of the disrespect toward groundhogs. It happens to this day, and we all take it for granted, and most don't even bother to realize it has to do with a marmot in the first place! Let's talk about...

Name: "Mole"

Debut: Whac-A-Mole

Sorry this picture is not very good. There are just not many pictures available that show that weird old "mole" figure that I have in mind specifically! Here's a green one.

Anyone familiar with the "Mole" series of animals will know that this is very much Not A Mole! The distinct head, the visible ears, the blunt nose, the buckteeth... this, my friend, is 100% Ground Squirrel! And this game is FAR from the only instance of moles and burrowing rodents being mixed up.

It actually makes sense that this mistake would happen, though! Moles are synonymous with burrowing, to the point unrelated burrowing animals are named after moles (including Mole Cricket, perhaps the ORIGINAL mole). But moles spend ALL their time burrowing, rarely if ever coming to the surface, so even though we all know moles, we are rarely blessed with SEEING moles. I have never seen a mole in person... yet! I would love to! Ground squirrels, such as groundhogs and prairie dogs, are also little burrowing critters, but these ones are commonly seen on the surface, ever alert. I think it's reasonable to mistake them for "moles"!

Alas, the popularity of Whac-A-Mole has cemented Ground Squirrel as essentially the "canon" Mole design for this context. And what a context that is! A classic, even GENRE-DEFINING game, all about whacking critters as they emerge from their burrows. So rude! They're not posing any danger, and the player isn't hunting them to eat, either. This is simply a game of spite. How DARE that rodent try to see the sun! This is just like Undertale.

Whac-A-Mole is one of the most straightforward types of game for any device with a touch screen or anything similar. Just gotta tap a thing! Very easy. This has led to such variations such as Whack-a-Monty from New Super Mario Bros., where the player bonks Monty Moles (more like Monty Gopher am I right) while sparing the many, many Luigis. Obviously, the Luigis must surface in order to initiate courtship, ensuring future generations of Luigis.

Now that I think of it, Mario is one of the only times I've seen the ethics of Whac-A-Mole called out, through the endangered Whacka from Paper Mario! I'm surprised the genre is not deconstructed more often (I love that this sentence is about Whac-A-Mole).

I think this is where I will end the post, because this silly game has so permeated human culture that I could go on and on and on! So strange that an entire animal now has a reputation of "pops out and gets bonked on the head". Conceptually, I certainly prefer the "parasitic aliens emerging from an astronaut's body orifices" aesthetic for this kind of game, but obviously kids aren't going out and bludgeoning real rodents because of this game, so whatever.

But still, what if instead of moles, the whacked entities were something humans have no problem attacking with a second thought...?

Get ready for an action-packed new game set in the Bowling universe!

#whac-a-mole #mole #groundhog #groundhog day #not mario #funky friday #mod chikako

[alittlebitgayandmore]

My cat Crunchy met a groundhog for the first time at our new house, and it appears to be love at first sight for both.

#cat #groundhog #cat love #crunchkins adventures #animals

[ostdrossel]

While I absolutely love

to have the Titmice back, them, Blue Jays and Mourning Doves continue to be the only birds visiting here currently. I do hear woodpeckers but they will not come down. There are mature Oaks as well as nut trees, Cedars and the like in the neighborhood, so I think many feast there while a huge group is still on the move too. This is a welcome break for my bird seed budget but I also really miss seeing birds. The critters are filling up as usual.

#critters #groundhog #birds #birds of Michigan #fall migration #birds of north america #Tufted Titmouse #titmice #birdwatching #birdlovers #nature #Ostdrossel #birdphotography

[one-time-i-dreamt]

My friends and I were at our senior prom, which was being held in an old castle next to a pier. We got attacked by a groundhog the size of a truck, but we escaped and then bought snow cones.

#dream #text #July 16th 2023 #prom #groundhog

[danskjavlarna]

Wolves versus groundhog.  Which do you wager for the win? 

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Who will win in these vintage animal fights?.

#animal fight #wolf #groundhog #vintage illustration #illustration #native american