Groundhogs

January 30, 2015

Hibernating Vital Statists of the Groundhog                      

Heart Beat - 4 beats per minute,

Body Temperature - 38 degrees almost as cold as ice,

Breathing Speed - 1 breath every 6 minutes.

The Real Reason Groundhogs Come Out of There Burrows at the End of Winter

The groundhog dose not come out of his burrow to check the weather, it's just a tall tale that if a groundhog comes out of his burrow and sees his shadow he'll get scared and run back in his burrow and that means that there will be six more weeks of winter.  Or if he does not see his shadow then spring will be here soon. Actually male ground hogs wake up at the end of winter to look for female groundhogs.

   

A groundhogs burrow is very fancy. It has an entrance leading to a very steep path. Then there's a hole and the floor of the hole is the hibernating room. Fun Fact - groundhogs wall themselves in their hibernating room when they are hibernating because they are asleep and defenseless. After the hibernating room you keep going on the path until there is a tunnel leading up. Then you come to a room where they sleep when they are not hibernating. Fun fact, groundhogs build escape exits in case of a predator invasion.