Groundhogs

Posting the topic up above about today being " Groundhog Day " got me to thinking.

Have you ever seen a real live groundhog?

Do you know anything at all about this animal, other than perhaps they are used for "groundhog day"???

I see groundhogs all the time at home and around campus. I don't like them...they have a nasty tendency to eat the stuff in my mom's garden! So, we have a trap (a humane one, doesn't kill them or hurt them) that in spring and summer we set it and if/when we catch one of the beasties, we take it out to the forest and set it loose.

I think I've only seen one live once. They don't look very friendly or very nice.

Not unless you count Ground Hog Day