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Thornburywitch@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

A question that’s been bothering me over the weekend. Have been utterly stumped by it, so asking here if anyone has clarification to offer.

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How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck would chuck wood?

I’ve been trying to figure how many kilos/grammes per metre but if you want to answer in pounds shillings and ounces that’s fine with me.

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Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Not very much. Their arms are tiny. Average weight of woodchuck is 3.9kg. if we look at a human (agile, long arms comparitively), and perhaps use the weight of a hammer (like from hammer throw competition), which is 16kg, and AVG human weight in hammer throw… maybe 90kg? That’s gets us 17.7% of weight. Transfer to groundhogs that’s about 700g, BUT their short arms surely like t this a lot. I’ll say at least by 75%. Which leads to: 175g. A woodchuck could chuck 175g, if a woodchuck could chuck wood

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- Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  You forgot to factor in wind speed, humidity and atmospheric pressure as well what it had for breakfast.
  
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  - Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Well jeez what if it was in outer space in zero gravity? It could chuck all the wood then - whether or not it ate vegemite for breakfast
    
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Pilk@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
If gummy lollies were invented today, what shape would they have gone with if not snakes and red frogs?

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- CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Those ugly Labubus
  
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- Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Snakes aren’t replaceable here. Frogs can be whatever though. Koalas?
  
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Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
As much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood

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CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
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According to Google 700 pounds (317.5) so that probably wrong. Do you have any other questions?

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- Thornburywitch@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Probably, but they can wait.
  
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RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
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Its a bit hard to say, but they probably couldn’t eat more than a couple of hundred grams, so if you are looking at how much they can chuck up in one incident it would be limited to that. But wood isn’t part of their normal diet, so even if a woodchuck would chuck up wood it’s unlikely they could chuck up wood.

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