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I'm assuming everyone here has seen the videos of Chunk, the Groundhog? If you haven't it's more fun than any of us deserve. He's a wild groundhog that a gardener surrendered the fight to, and built a second garden just for Chunk, and his new girlfriend.
As someone who lives in a place where spring coming early would be six weeks after groundhog day it took me a long time to understand what people were talking about
It's funny that Groundhog Day entered the vernacular because of the movie and is now used in the West as a way of describing a feeling of Deja Vu or events repeating themselves! Something which has nothing to do with the actual Groundhog Day story!
The groundhog never gets it wrong! Groundhogese is a difficult language to understand, so it is always the fault of the translator for not understanding the groundhog well enough. Don't hate on the lil fellas!
Solid science writing aside, this episode had delightful writing by Teresa and exceptional delivery by Savannah! Thanks to everyone else who contributed, you are a great team. :D
I really like Savannah Geary's presentations. As an animal lover, I am embarrassed that I hadn't realized that a woodchuk & a groundhog were the same animal. I thought that they were just cousins, :)
Yup. Agreed. Saw one outside on a sidewalk in -30 celsius (South Western Saskatchewan) a couple of weeks ago. Went to library, confirmed rodent's identity, pshaw on map.
I hadn't realised that groundhogs are the NA-specific species of marmots. We have other species of marmots over here in Europe and Asia! Cuteness all around the world.
@@LeBongFairy Cute, certainly, but--- I watched a mother marmot smack her daughter straight down a set of five stairs (beneath a walnut tree by a house) for going after mommy's choice of walnut. Daughter marmot was woosy. Mommy cracked said walnut and kept on eating.
Cuteness times six, because North America enjoys several other species of marmot, for example, here in the western states, we have the Yellow-Bellied Marmot (Marmota flaviventer). In the Olympic Mountains, there's the Olympic Marmot. In western Canada, Alaska, and part of the state of Washington, there's the Hoary Mamot.
Lol! You really got me with that time loop sequence at the end 🤣 And I loved this video, but I don't think getting to see a taxidermyed groundhog counts as "meeting him", lol again
OMG, that was hilarious. The whole episode was brilliant - SciShow always is, but this had a bit extra - and the ending was *chef's kiss*. (I am another fan of Chunk the Groundhog, and his human PR agent, Gardener Jeff.)
When my daughter was born and we had just moved into our first apartment years ago. There was a groundhog in a small patch of woods in the back of our apartments. And for some reason he had bonded with humans. He insisted on walking inside our sliding glass door if left open and would rub against your legs until you petted him. My daughter loved him, he always lived outside, he would just come around for a few hours every morning. It lasted for about 4 years until one day he just stopped showing up. But Ive always loved those little guys every since. Thanks for the video.
You're always the best at the side camera gag. I love all the presenters, but there's just something about the way you do the sassy, over-the-shoulder "this is dumb" takes that makes me crack up
John Candy voiceover: “The woodchuck is found in open woods and ravines throughout most of Canada and the northeast United States. A terrestrial day-active animal, the woodchuck hibernates in snowy climes…”
Tiny bit of science behind the groundhog weather predictions - when warm front of air comes in over cold frozen ground there tends to be pea soup fog. Groundhog can't see anything 6 inches from his nose defiantly not a shadow on ground!
Legit took me half an hour to realize that the thumbnail of this video was a pun. But, in my defense, I had a massive de'ja'vue this morning. So.... yeah. Lol
cute ending - loved it. Question about Rocky, though... did he live a long natural life and was taxidermied after a natural death, or did he meet a more nefarious end (probably because he was in the way of the archeological dig site)??
The writing in thie video is awesome. Five separate time I had to go back, not because I missed something bit because I had to re-hear how they had written so beautifully and I had to re-hear it
I sent this to a few people yesterday and told them happy Groundhog Day and they both times told me it’s not today. 😂 I honestly can’t believe it works so well. lol
we had a groundhog last summer in our garden. It peacefully set itself under our shed, and probably chugged all our strawberries and probably some raspberries. We also had grapes and other berries, so he was probably fine there. We could see it sometimes taking a rest just under the door, looking quite cosy. We called him Fred, and planned to plant him some veggies, making him a little door or something, he was REALLY cute, so cute I could not be mad at him for getting my berries. It lasted about 5-8 days, he disappeared then. I'm still sad about it. I HOPE YOU FINE FRED I STILL LIKE YOU.
I spent a summer gaining the trust of a woodchuck family once, I called them the Harrelsons. By September, mom and dad Harrelson allowed me to pet their three pups. The adults kept their distance from me, but the pups were curious and would try to approach. The parents would pull the pups back at first, but after lots of time spent near each other the pups eventually came all the way up to me without protest from the parents. I let them come check me out on three different evenings before I ever reached toward them, but when I did, they loved getting pets!
This is a cute story, but a really bad idea. Friendly rodents are likely to be mistaken for rabid... or attacked by angry gardeners. (Saying this mostly for the sake of anyone potentially inspired to try and repeat this feat, especially with today's incentives to film and publish everything online.)
Groundhogs like living under my shed, but my dog does not like them there. My dog has caught and killed 2 big ones. There is also a groundhog under my brother's shed, but his dog is afraid of it. Plus my niece calls the groundhog her chubby little friend.
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that was straight up the funniest sci show gag ever. it took me a second, but daaanng.
Definitely comedy gold!
😂
omg a groundhog day reference!
Took me a second, too! 😅
Reminds me when I got to watch Groundhogs 2 in the local theaters, they just played the original movie over again
that ending is iconic!
I thought there had been a mistake at first lmao - good gag
Awww damg it!!!! We're all stuck in a time loop...
Certainly appropriate. Amusing.
history is a circle
I was like "surely this can't be a mistake, right? they're far too professional for that", but I wasn't quite certain. Which shows they did it well.
Ok, I gotta ask; when whoever came up with that ending first pitched, how evil did they look? I would have been cackling like a madman XD
That ending was perfection lmfao
I'm assuming everyone here has seen the videos of Chunk, the Groundhog? If you haven't it's more fun than any of us deserve. He's a wild groundhog that a gardener surrendered the fight to, and built a second garden just for Chunk, and his new girlfriend.
It truly is a gift! 🥰
"I'm in your woods, chucking your wood."
-Groundhogs, probably
I see what you did there!! I appreciate the movie reference!
As someone who lives in a place where spring coming early would be six weeks after groundhog day it took me a long time to understand what people were talking about
It's funny that Groundhog Day entered the vernacular because of the movie and is now used in the West as a way of describing a feeling of Deja Vu or events repeating themselves! Something which has nothing to do with the actual Groundhog Day story!
Completely agreed, a month to wake up is sometimes necessary. Glad I'm not alone in needing that warmup time to become functional.
You got adhd too, huh? 😅
5 more minutes mom... Zzzzz
late stage capitalism be keeping everyone exhausted D:
@@LeBongFairy
What?? 🙄
The thumbnail: Waaait! They don't love you like i love you!😂
The groundhog never gets it wrong! Groundhogese is a difficult language to understand, so it is always the fault of the translator for not understanding the groundhog well enough. Don't hate on the lil fellas!
They can predict the weather better than actual meteorologists too.
Solid science writing aside, this episode had delightful writing by Teresa and exceptional delivery by Savannah! Thanks to everyone else who contributed, you are a great team. :D
I really like Savannah Geary's presentations. As an animal lover, I am embarrassed that I hadn't realized that a woodchuk & a groundhog were the same animal. I thought that they were just cousins, :)
Loving the classic reference. It's cold out there today, it's cold every day.
cool time loop, would be a real shame if we started over from the big bang like right now
'despite it never really chucking wood' was the saddest aside ever 😂😂😂🤗
(okay, 'because it's a groundhog :( and it can't speak english,' falls right on the heels... 😁)
I mean... at least it's not upchucking wood?
[I'm now questioning whether that's regional slang, so just in case... upchuck means vomit.]
They made that movie into a musical! I hope they have a groundhog. ❤
Thank you, Dr. Adovasio and the Millers for the amazing Meadowcroft Rockshelter just outside Pittsburgh PA.
0:11 ...but how much wood, could it chuck?..If it could...XD
A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could Chuck if a woodchuck could Chuck wood
A good woodchuck would chuck as much wood as it should.
It’s the same amount of ground as a groundhog grinds if a groundhog could grind ground.
Groundhog Day reference I see
0:36 Lives outside of area indicated in red. ... sees groundhogs very frequently.
Yup. Agreed. Saw one outside on a sidewalk in -30 celsius (South Western Saskatchewan) a couple of weeks ago. Went to library, confirmed rodent's identity, pshaw on map.
I hadn't realised that groundhogs are the NA-specific species of marmots. We have other species of marmots over here in Europe and Asia! Cuteness all around the world.
Marmots are so chunky and cute, i love em
@@LeBongFairy
Cute, certainly, but--- I watched a mother marmot smack her daughter straight down a set of five stairs (beneath a walnut tree by a house) for going after mommy's choice of walnut. Daughter marmot was woosy. Mommy cracked said walnut and kept on eating.
Cuteness times six, because North America enjoys several other species of marmot, for example, here in the western states, we have the Yellow-Bellied Marmot (Marmota flaviventer). In the Olympic Mountains, there's the Olympic Marmot. In western Canada, Alaska, and part of the state of Washington, there's the Hoary Mamot.
I felt like I was in a Groundhog Day time loop for a moment! lol 😂
Lol! You really got me with that time loop sequence at the end 🤣
And I loved this video, but I don't think getting to see a taxidermyed groundhog counts as "meeting him", lol again
OMG, that was hilarious. The whole episode was brilliant - SciShow always is, but this had a bit extra - and the ending was *chef's kiss*. (I am another fan of Chunk the Groundhog, and his human PR agent, Gardener Jeff.)
I laughed until I snorted at that ending gag. I thought someone had made a massive editing error or had posted the wrong one. Perfect!
I'm shook with that ending, I'm sorry you had to put up with that! We appreciate you and your hosting! Don't let scishow get too you
Don’t worry I think it’s just a reference to the Ground Hog day lol
@coyote-bird1801 oh! I completely forgot about that movie! That makes sense! Thank you for filling me in!
Came for the groundhog. Stayed for the time loop.
Wait. How did I already post this?
I pictured a groundhog with a tiny fedora, whip, and thrilling musical theme.
Same day, different, never mind. Same day all over again
Dang that ending actually got me
When my daughter was born and we had just moved into our first apartment years ago. There was a groundhog in a small patch of woods in the back of our apartments. And for some reason he had bonded with humans. He insisted on walking inside our sliding glass door if left open and would rub against your legs until you petted him. My daughter loved him, he always lived outside, he would just come around for a few hours every morning. It lasted for about 4 years until one day he just stopped showing up. But Ive always loved those little guys every since. Thanks for the video.
Obviously, their greatest contribution to science is their time travel abilities.
OHHHHHHHHHHH i think i get the ending 😭
As someone who got a masters in computer science years ago, I feel very specifically targeted by the baked in ad for brilliant
Whistle pig, is a common sight in the alpine rockies of Colorado. It didn't show their range in Colorado so maybe it's a different animal
Savannah! You're in a time loop! Can you hear me? TIME LOOP! Pull out! PULL OUT!
Dang. We lost another one.
Please do a followup on their cousins, the Yellow-Bellied Marmot. Thank you.
Cousin was married on Groundhogs Day. It was her mother-in-law's favorite holiday. She was quite German.
You're always the best at the side camera gag. I love all the presenters, but there's just something about the way you do the sassy, over-the-shoulder "this is dumb" takes that makes me crack up
that ending was a good bit lmao
Cutest ending ever!
Whistlepig 😂
DON'T PRESENT ANGRY! Don't present angry :) Great writing and great presentation of that gag at the end.
For tomorrow (February 2nd) from all of us from *Wiarton, Ontario.*
HAPPY METEOROLOGICAL PROGNOSTICATING ALBINO RODENT DAY 🐹
Bill Murray will be proud
0:59 That has never made sense to me. Overcast, winter skies would seem to indicate MORE winter.
It can't be extremely cold when there's moisture in the air.
...lmao Love the little bit at the end. :P
Very inspirational creatures... "My apologies for being late to work this week, I'll be in torpor till March."
Literally the time loop gag was the perfect ending lol. I just found SciShow!!! This made my morning. !!! 😂
It took me a second, but great reference at the end :^)
Wait that's awesome! I've been to meadowcroft
"Tonight, on 'It's the Mind', we investigate the phenomenon of deja-vu."
"Tonight, on 'It's the Mind', we investigate the phenomenon of...?"
It took me until the end to realize what was happening. I am shame.
the ending made it for me
They put this video out every year.
When the slate comes out, we question EVERYTHING... Even what to call these magnificent rodents.
Groundhogs are better guessing what the weather will do than college graduate meteorologists with computer tech.
John Candy voiceover: “The woodchuck is found in open woods and ravines throughout most of Canada and the northeast United States. A terrestrial day-active animal, the woodchuck hibernates in snowy climes…”
An unexpected ending!
Tiny bit of science behind the groundhog weather predictions - when warm front of air comes in over cold frozen ground there tends to be pea soup fog. Groundhog can't see anything 6 inches from his nose defiantly not a shadow on ground!
The ending 😂😂😂
Chucking wood is just speculative. It does say how much wood could a chuck if it could chuck wood, not that it does, just saying.
Actually, it continues to say " As much wood as a woodchuck could chuck, If a woodchuck could chuck wood."
So yeah, spot on
Love the ending - very Bill Murray! 😂
when I was a kid, my border collie must have been all 4 horsemen of the apocalypse rolled into one for our local groundhog population :(
Good ending😅😅
Legit took me half an hour to realize that the thumbnail of this video was a pun. But, in my defense, I had a massive de'ja'vue this morning. So.... yeah. Lol
cute ending - loved it. Question about Rocky, though... did he live a long natural life and was taxidermied after a natural death, or did he meet a more nefarious end (probably because he was in the way of the archeological dig site)??
lol looking to the side camera for the jokes threw me everytime. it was HILARIOUS
The writing in thie video is awesome. Five separate time I had to go back, not because I missed something bit because I had to re-hear how they had written so beautifully and I had to re-hear it
I sent this to a few people yesterday and told them happy Groundhog Day and they both times told me it’s not today. 😂 I honestly can’t believe it works so well. lol
_NEW MEXICO MENTIONED_
Greetings from New Hampshire, where spring has never, EVER come in February.
Woah! Was not expecting that ending!
That was beautiful 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 We all definitely need more laughs like that. Thank you so very much
LOL Totally committed. Loved it! Thank you!
The ending made me laugh. It was well done!
Actually he (P. Phil) was great at predicting weather in my area on the Westcoast...
That was funny. At first I was confused and then it dawned on me. 🤣 That was very creative!
This video keeps repeating over and over again and I don't know how to make it stop
The host seems to have a pretty good sense of humor.
Well played, SciShow... well played.
we had a groundhog last summer in our garden. It peacefully set itself under our shed, and probably chugged all our strawberries and probably some raspberries. We also had grapes and other berries, so he was probably fine there. We could see it sometimes taking a rest just under the door, looking quite cosy.
We called him Fred, and planned to plant him some veggies, making him a little door or something, he was REALLY cute, so cute I could not be mad at him for getting my berries.
It lasted about 5-8 days, he disappeared then. I'm still sad about it. I HOPE YOU FINE FRED I STILL LIKE YOU.
I hope you reupload this video on Groundhog's Day!
It took me longer to understand the thumbnail than I'd like to admit. 😅 Very good, gang
I just watched this while getting ready to go to punxy for Groundhog Day. Thanks.
I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE
I loved the groundhog day ref XD
I spent a summer gaining the trust of a woodchuck family once, I called them the Harrelsons. By September, mom and dad Harrelson allowed me to pet their three pups. The adults kept their distance from me, but the pups were curious and would try to approach. The parents would pull the pups back at first, but after lots of time spent near each other the pups eventually came all the way up to me without protest from the parents. I let them come check me out on three different evenings before I ever reached toward them, but when I did, they loved getting pets!
This is a cute story, but a really bad idea. Friendly rodents are likely to be mistaken for rabid... or attacked by angry gardeners.
(Saying this mostly for the sake of anyone potentially inspired to try and repeat this feat, especially with today's incentives to film and publish everything online.)
@mxpants4884 fair, and very true.
I was living on a wildlife preserve and working with the Indiana DNR when I did this.
The title of the video might be better as "When Groundhogs were Surprise Archeologists and more..."
We're all in a time loop
Ha! A+ for the Groundhog Day gag!
Bill Murray would be proud of this episode! 🥹😅
The quite interesting thing about the name woodchuck is that it is a transliteration of their Native American name. Not related to chucking.
Which language?
@@mxpants4884 Ya know what? I'm gonna let you educate yourself here. You are sitting in fornt of a computer, logged in to the intrernet.
Groundhogs like living under my shed, but my dog does not like them there. My dog has caught and killed 2 big ones.
There is also a groundhog under my brother's shed, but his dog is afraid of it. Plus my niece calls the groundhog her chubby little friend.
"Don't drive angry."
Nice "Groundhog Day" movie reference.