Call for questions: GROUNDHOGS
Added 2025-12-17 00:10:27 +0000 UTCI need some schooling on groundhogs because I didn't even know they're the same thing as woodchucks. What else don't I know?! I set up an interview with a marmot ecologist to find out. Tell me what you want to know about groundhogs in the comments -- I might ask your question in the episode.
Deadline: Friday, December 19 at 5pm PST
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Are groundhogs the largest animal to truly hibernate (not just torpor)? DO groundhogs truly hibernate? I've heard that while hibernating ground hogs can lower their heart rate to just 2 beats per minute-- is this true and HOW?! How can they slow their metabolism and everything down so much so their heart can beat only 2 times a minute without starving their body of oxygen? Thank you :))
Teeah
2026-01-03 10:47:19 +0000 UTCGroundhog Day the movie… thoughts?
Kirstin DeMarquez
2025-12-30 18:07:53 +0000 UTC
