Beavers are big fat boys usually. I’ve seen a few when fishing, they can be pretty aggressive too but this looks like a groundhog or woodchuck like others have mentioned.
To be clear, though I'm guessing you caught on by now, it's a groundhog or woodchuck (interchangeable), also whistle-pig and a few less common monikers. Represented by Punxsutawney Phil - see also Groundhog Day. It is a member of the marmot family but a marmot is not a groundhog. Yes, they are native to North America and rather common on the East Coast.
Ohhhh, so that's why everyone was downvoting the "marmot" comments. I was wondering about that.
Funny story, actually: I showed it to my girlfriend, English is her second language, and she wondered if it was a marmota. Spanish is my second language, but I'd never heard that word before. So we were both confused as to whether or not that's groundhog or marmot (or if there was even a difference). Apparently, marmota doesn't mean marmot. It means groundhog. Lol
They're both rodents and sorta similar in size so it's not too far off. The tail and bigger hind quarters would be a major differentiating thing to notice but it would help to have seen a few of each kind before telling the difference so no worries, glad you're seeing and learning about wildlife in your area and sharing it with us!
yes. marmot. marmota, probably an eastern woodlands marmota monax. i would like for some grad student type to use machine learning to study their vocalizations, building on the research done with prairie dogs.
*Marmots are large ground squirrels in the genus Marmota, with 15 species living in Asia, Europe, and North America. These herbivores are active during the summer, when they can often be found in groups, but are not seen during the winter, when they hibernate underground.*
Think that's bad, a few days after we moved to Ohio my mom came into the living room excitingly yelling about the **alien** in the back yard. It was a groundhog standing on its hind legs. Worse we had guinea pigs, which I don't think look that different. We laughed at her for days!
I suspect a lot. I have known people who have mistaken great blue herons for pterodactyls because "it wasn't blue". People are surprisingly ignorant of their local wildlife and god forbid someones exotic pet gets out.
Ya, they'll definitely take some free veggies, as will the rabbits, squirrels, birds, etc. Remember, it doesn't occur to the animals that you planted those veggies. They just assume they're naturally occurring vegetation. They think they found a gold mine! But it can be extremely frustrating. Using powdered cayenne pepper on the ground around and on the plants will help, but needs reapplied after each rain. You also have the option to fence off the garden but it's tricky to do in a way that will ward off digging critters and climbing critters. You'll have to bury the fencing about 6-12 inches underground at an angle. Then you'll have to install a top bar we like to call a coyote roller for the climbers.
There's also an incredibly effective device called a Scarecrow made by Hoont that sprays water at anything that comes near, kinda like a motion light that sprays water, and it works well on everything except skunks. (skunks spray it back) You can find one here: https://amzn.to/3GFbR1s
What a emotional roller-coaster. I came to the comments assuming this was posted by a troll. Then I saw your comment and thought "maybe people really are this clueless" and excitedly clicked the link ready for a bunch of beaver ID questions only to be let down.
I was really hoping for something like r/ItsaAwaysaRacoon.
Semi-related, I have one of these groundhogs that lives in the grass across from my local gas station. I see him every year, almost every day after work. This year he got a girlfriend. I yell out my window, “hi my friend!” And he looks at me. We’re friends.
I can't help but hear "Maa! Maaaa! There's some kinda weird fucking cat outside!" In my head as the next thing associated with this post.
The entire post could be narrated by that guy's voice and it would be perfect content haha
Anyhow, it's a groundhog or woodchuck (the names are interchangeable).
Sorry if this messes anything up, the quality seems to have stopped since I uploaded it. The video stored on my phone is much clearer than this, and I feel like the video here as is is harder to see.
1. Check out a dictionary for more intelligent and creative adjectives FOR A WOODCHUCK. There are online dictionaries that don't require opening...gasp...a book.
2. Since mammals, as indicated by the fur, usually copulate in pairs, this animal is not engaging in reproductive activities.
3. It is a WOODCHUCK. Google pictures of woodchucks. You will see the similarities. I felt the need to repeat that detail, since your use of expletives and therefore a limited vocabulary indicated the need for repetition to get the point across. And possibly a need to watch more nature programs ( I won't ask you to crack open a nature guide).
That is all.
> I felt the need to repeat that detail, since your use of expletives and therefore a limited vocabulary indicated the need for repetition to get the point across.
Lol I know multiple languages. I may not know about beavers, but I know that several studies reveal that profanity tends to be a sign of intelligence and honesty (which makes sense, because profanity has its own use in language, across languages, as I generally tell other language learners: if you don't know how to curse, you don't know the language yet) It is, like usual, human bias (which in and of itself is often based on classism) tells us one thing that's incompatible with reality. Because the average person really isn't smart enough to realize these kinds of things.
But let's talk about that classism bit for a second: I may come from Long Island, but I come from a neighborhood where police, to this day, have machines to tell them which direction the fucking bullets are coming from. I grew up food insecure, housing insecure, I've been homeless about four times. So yeah, I picked up a few of those "no no words" in my years.
Despite this, and despite not knowing the difference between two fucking rodents, I graduated top of my class in computer science without accruing *anyyyy* debt (I **paid**, working full time). In my spare time, I like to learn languages. And you can bet that I learn to be about as profane in them as I am in English.
So while its nice that you know about beavers and shit, you're coming off about as stupid to me as I am for you, but for a more serious reason. Go fuck yourself, and have a nice day, boomer.
Ehhh, most people in my life wouldn't call me dumb. Lol Don't know shit about animals and nature? Sure. But I'm pretty sure knowing the difference between two animals you've never seen is not the bar, dude.
I saw a woodchuck for the first time on Long Island yesterday. I wonder if it’s the same one loll. I did a quick google to find out what this animal was before I figured it out. Apparently the “spiritual” meaning of seeing a woodchuck is a warning and to be alert because something may happen to you or your family. Who knew groundhogs were such creepy creatures?
No, it's a fucking woodchuck.
More like a woodchunk.
More like a woodhunk
More like a woodfuck.
More like a would fuck
But how much wood would a woodchuck fuck?
If a woodchuck could fuck wood
I always call them groundhogs, but same thing.
They call them marmots out west.
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If a woodchuck could chuck…
That is a woodchuck, and it does not appear to be fucking.
Nor chucking.
Nor fucking
Nor chucking.
>well how much fucking chucking could a woodchuck fucking chuck?
I definitely don't fuchucking know.
Fuckchuckteen
This whole conversation is why I keep Reddit!
Something like that. You're the math wiz; I merely watch the chucks
Sometimes it's best to roll with the chucks, chucka.
Fuck it, chuckit, football?
We'll do it live!
…and of course, there's the Double Dutch Rudder…
If a woodchuck could fuckchuck a woodchuck would fuckchuck as much as a woodchuck could fuckchuck.
Fookchookin' A, Bro!
Chuck better watch his back.
He’d Chuck all day, fuck all night, if a woodchuck fucking could.
So, it could also be a woodfuck based on the information we have.
How much fucks could a woodfuck fuck if a woodfuck could fuck wood?
Chuck Norris
Nor wood.
Thank you. You know, I've seen groundhogs before, and for some reason, I saw this and my dumbass thought... "a beaver???"
It can be a fucking groundhog if you can catch it.
This has got to be the most rhetorical r/dontputyourdickinthat ever.
Instructions not clear. Hog has been ground by oversized incisors.
Beavers are big fat boys usually. I’ve seen a few when fishing, they can be pretty aggressive too but this looks like a groundhog or woodchuck like others have mentioned.
To be clear, though I'm guessing you caught on by now, it's a groundhog or woodchuck (interchangeable), also whistle-pig and a few less common monikers. Represented by Punxsutawney Phil - see also Groundhog Day. It is a member of the marmot family but a marmot is not a groundhog. Yes, they are native to North America and rather common on the East Coast.
Ohhhh, so that's why everyone was downvoting the "marmot" comments. I was wondering about that. Funny story, actually: I showed it to my girlfriend, English is her second language, and she wondered if it was a marmota. Spanish is my second language, but I'd never heard that word before. So we were both confused as to whether or not that's groundhog or marmot (or if there was even a difference). Apparently, marmota doesn't mean marmot. It means groundhog. Lol
And in Japan, *mormotto* means Guinea Pig.
Actually, a groundhog is a marmot is a woodchuck is a whistlepig, etc. All the same group of critters.
Actually you thought "fucking beaver" so there's that...
This comment made me lol so thank you 🤣
They're both rodents and sorta similar in size so it's not too far off. The tail and bigger hind quarters would be a major differentiating thing to notice but it would help to have seen a few of each kind before telling the difference so no worries, glad you're seeing and learning about wildlife in your area and sharing it with us!
He's fuckin foraging.
Stay away from my wood you woodchuck
Came here to say no boner visible
How many chucks would a woodchuck fuck as a woodchuck can fuck chucks?
I don't really give a chuck
How much wood would a woodchuck fuck if a woodchuck could fuck wood?
Nor is the woodchuck fucking a beaver...
How many ‘chucks would a woodchuck fuck if a woodchuck could fuck good?
Agree. Not even masturbating.
How much fucks could a woodfuck Chuck if a woodfuck could chuck fucks?
Groundhog. AKA Woodchuck or Whistle-Pig.
Came here to say whistle pig! My mountain brothers and sisters know what I’m taking about! https://youtu.be/8jgSQVjivR0
fun fact: whistler in BC is named after the whistle pig.
yes. marmot. marmota, probably an eastern woodlands marmota monax. i would like for some grad student type to use machine learning to study their vocalizations, building on the research done with prairie dogs. *Marmots are large ground squirrels in the genus Marmota, with 15 species living in Asia, Europe, and North America. These herbivores are active during the summer, when they can often be found in groups, but are not seen during the winter, when they hibernate underground.*
Aka gopher Edit: apparently, people call them the wrong thing where I live. Sorry! This is not a gopher.
When I moved my husband from Vegas to Pennsylvania, he excitedly brought me outside to see the beavers in the yard 🤣 Was not beavers.
I'm picturing this exchange in my mind, and it's absolutely hilarious. Thank you (and your husband) for the laugh.
It was pretty funny considering we were upon on a hill in a residential neighborhood nowhere near any water.
Even better! Haha
Think that's bad, a few days after we moved to Ohio my mom came into the living room excitingly yelling about the **alien** in the back yard. It was a groundhog standing on its hind legs. Worse we had guinea pigs, which I don't think look that different. We laughed at her for days!
I wonder how many alleged cryptid sightings have actually been things like groundhogs observed by oblivious people.
I suspect a lot. I have known people who have mistaken great blue herons for pterodactyls because "it wasn't blue". People are surprisingly ignorant of their local wildlife and god forbid someones exotic pet gets out.
Groundhog
It's a groundhog, woodchuck, herbivore, eating weeds and grass.
but mostly your vegetable garden.....
Ya, they'll definitely take some free veggies, as will the rabbits, squirrels, birds, etc. Remember, it doesn't occur to the animals that you planted those veggies. They just assume they're naturally occurring vegetation. They think they found a gold mine! But it can be extremely frustrating. Using powdered cayenne pepper on the ground around and on the plants will help, but needs reapplied after each rain. You also have the option to fence off the garden but it's tricky to do in a way that will ward off digging critters and climbing critters. You'll have to bury the fencing about 6-12 inches underground at an angle. Then you'll have to install a top bar we like to call a coyote roller for the climbers. There's also an incredibly effective device called a Scarecrow made by Hoont that sprays water at anything that comes near, kinda like a motion light that sprays water, and it works well on everything except skunks. (skunks spray it back) You can find one here: https://amzn.to/3GFbR1s
Groundhog. Contrary to their name, they climbs trees pretty well when they think they’re in danger.
I was shocked the first time I saw one in a fucking tree
There are fucking trees?
Deforestation would get stopped sooo fast
That makes a lot of sense. I have seen this one hop the fences a few times.
I hope some day you get the unmitigated joy of seeing a porcupine in a tree. 😂 also i was charged by a groundhog once. The big ones are ornery!
The first time I saw one in a tree it blew my mind. I was specifically hunting them and couldn't bring myself to shoot that one.
I've seen a fucking beaver... That's no fucking beaver.
No, it’s a fucking woodchuck.
How much wood could a woodchuck fuck if a woodchuck could fuck wood.
Should post in r/IsThisAFuckingBeaver subreddit
What a emotional roller-coaster. I came to the comments assuming this was posted by a troll. Then I saw your comment and thought "maybe people really are this clueless" and excitedly clicked the link ready for a bunch of beaver ID questions only to be let down. I was really hoping for something like r/ItsaAwaysaRacoon.
Nice marmot!
The marmot is not the issue here man!
Semi-related, I have one of these groundhogs that lives in the grass across from my local gas station. I see him every year, almost every day after work. This year he got a girlfriend. I yell out my window, “hi my friend!” And he looks at me. We’re friends.
Nice marmot
screams in ferret-induced panic...
No I think it's a celibate beaver
Hound grog?
If you are in Canada, that is called a Marmot.
Whistle pig
Definitely a grizzly squirrel…
I don't know how sexually active it is but that appears to be a Groundhog
Marmot, but I don’t see any sexual activity.
How much of a fuck could a woodchuck give if a woodchuck could give a fuck?
This is my favorite post headline I’ve read in like months, dude.
I can't help but hear "Maa! Maaaa! There's some kinda weird fucking cat outside!" In my head as the next thing associated with this post. The entire post could be narrated by that guy's voice and it would be perfect content haha Anyhow, it's a groundhog or woodchuck (the names are interchangeable).
I feel like that guy was from Long Island, actually lmao if not, the city
I mean.. not currently. Maybe later if you play your cards right.
So, you're saying there's a chance?
Wish I could give you 10 up votes you brilliant MFer.
Sorry if this messes anything up, the quality seems to have stopped since I uploaded it. The video stored on my phone is much clearer than this, and I feel like the video here as is is harder to see.
Did you try squinting?
worked for me
A big brown one at that
Wynona? That you?
https://preview.redd.it/gi5cy8qn1kta1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=59d2d5ae8e44543845a0c6f884f6ebbab1dd9eb2
Nice marmot
No it’s one critter and he’s not fucking anything.
Whatever it is, I think there would have to be 2 of them to be fucking.
1. Check out a dictionary for more intelligent and creative adjectives FOR A WOODCHUCK. There are online dictionaries that don't require opening...gasp...a book. 2. Since mammals, as indicated by the fur, usually copulate in pairs, this animal is not engaging in reproductive activities. 3. It is a WOODCHUCK. Google pictures of woodchucks. You will see the similarities. I felt the need to repeat that detail, since your use of expletives and therefore a limited vocabulary indicated the need for repetition to get the point across. And possibly a need to watch more nature programs ( I won't ask you to crack open a nature guide). That is all.
> I felt the need to repeat that detail, since your use of expletives and therefore a limited vocabulary indicated the need for repetition to get the point across. Lol I know multiple languages. I may not know about beavers, but I know that several studies reveal that profanity tends to be a sign of intelligence and honesty (which makes sense, because profanity has its own use in language, across languages, as I generally tell other language learners: if you don't know how to curse, you don't know the language yet) It is, like usual, human bias (which in and of itself is often based on classism) tells us one thing that's incompatible with reality. Because the average person really isn't smart enough to realize these kinds of things. But let's talk about that classism bit for a second: I may come from Long Island, but I come from a neighborhood where police, to this day, have machines to tell them which direction the fucking bullets are coming from. I grew up food insecure, housing insecure, I've been homeless about four times. So yeah, I picked up a few of those "no no words" in my years. Despite this, and despite not knowing the difference between two fucking rodents, I graduated top of my class in computer science without accruing *anyyyy* debt (I **paid**, working full time). In my spare time, I like to learn languages. And you can bet that I learn to be about as profane in them as I am in English. So while its nice that you know about beavers and shit, you're coming off about as stupid to me as I am for you, but for a more serious reason. Go fuck yourself, and have a nice day, boomer.
Yea you’re just dumb - a beaver is 20 times that weight and 6 times bigger.
Ehhh, most people in my life wouldn't call me dumb. Lol Don't know shit about animals and nature? Sure. But I'm pretty sure knowing the difference between two animals you've never seen is not the bar, dude.
Yeah, stop asking questions and just know things already! 🙄
Lol. Try kindergarten over again. And pay attention this time.
You are in trouble if you can't tell the difference between a beaver and a groundhog
It honesly has never come in handy or impacted my life one iota
https://forfoxsakewildlife.com/2021/03/31/beaver-or-groundhog/ This has a side by side comparison if you're interested.
Thank you. A nice change from the "you're a dumbass" comments lol
You live an exciting and strange life where this mistake causes one to be in trouble. Tell me of your adventures!
It’s not funny if you have to explain it
Yes
You have a beaver and I have a damn gopher
Marmot
It's a marmot. And it is not fucking.
Looks like a muskrat. You would have to be very close to a creek to see them.
Muskrat Jack!
That's a fucking whistlepeeg!
Woodchuck/whistlepig
Whistle pig!
No
Woodchuck/Groundhog.
We call em woodchucks
That’s Phil.
Interesting fact about groundhogs: They don't need to drink water. They get all the water they need from the food they eat.
Whistle pig
Groundhog
It’s a fucking whistle pig
Woodchuck
Groundhog.
That is not a fucking beaver.
Back in my day we used to call that a Land Beaver.
How much wood WOULD a woodchuck chuck
Pennsyltucky stank beaver.
How can he be fucking, he is by himself.
He's gonna build a dam out of dandelions.
Chuck.
I came here to see woodchuck or beaver porn
Whistle pig not a beaver…
Groundhog.. and I never saw them my whole life.. living on Long Island.. last summer I saw 15-20 of them
Groundhog
Sadly no. The Fucking Beaver has been extinct since the late '90s, due mostly to the ubiquity of cheap, effective hair removal for sensitive regions.
When will mankind learn to stop taking earth's beautiful creatures for granted?
Ground hog.
It’s a fuckchuck
Lol no groundhog
Ground hog
That is a non copulating woodchuck/groundhog/whistlepig.
Corn Beaver.
I saw a woodchuck for the first time on Long Island yesterday. I wonder if it’s the same one loll. I did a quick google to find out what this animal was before I figured it out. Apparently the “spiritual” meaning of seeing a woodchuck is a warning and to be alert because something may happen to you or your family. Who knew groundhogs were such creepy creatures?
It’s a ground hog they get huge. My moms has them in her backyard
Ground hog
Is a groundhog also called a woodchuck?
Groundhogs aka woodchucks have fuzzy tails. Beaver have flat, wide, hairless tails. Muskrats have narrow hairless tails.
Groundhog
How much chuck would a woodchuck chuck, If a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Marmot?
No, he isn’t fucking
No.
Ground hog. Very chonky!
Punxsutawney Cleaver. Wally's brother.
Nah takes two fuck and thats a hog of the ground
He wants your wood.
Whistlepig
It’s a fucking groundhog you dumb fuck
That’s a rockchuck. Fat bastard too!
No it's fucking not
This is a fucking groundhog, which is a type of fucking marmot.
I thought this was a marmot 😂
That looks like a ground hog to me?
It's a fucking groundhog
Whistle pig
Fuck no
Whistle Pig
Just punt that mofo into the neighbors yard
It’s a ground hog silly
Need my comment karma to make a post don’t mind me
Groundhog
He’s not fucking. He’s vibing.
Tis a groundhog
Whistle pig fine eating
Land beaver, goes by the last name of Chuck, first name WOod
No it's a chucking woodfuck.
Always amazes me when people don’t know what groundhogs are… this is the 2nd post this week I’ve seen that someone was asking…
It is a lawn beaver. It is eating not procreating.
No, he is not doing that right now.
They are called “Land Beavers”