In their new country they looked around for hedgehogs, but they had to settle for woodchucks, the closest local facsimile. The most succinct description of Groundhog Day can be found in a site which asks that one get permission in advance to publish it, and specifically says no webpage reproduction of the article is allowed. Okay, respectably requested, and so honored. To see it, click on the link. It is worth a peek.
Groundhogs can be a menace to homeowners with gardens.
They won't eat your dog or your cat. But they are ferocious and voracious eaters, and in the wild they chomp on succulent green plants, such as dandelion greens, clover, plantain and grasses. They burrow under the oddest places. My own experience was with one that chose to spend his winter in a hibernation hole he dug out under the concrete slab that framed around the pool in my backyard, when I lived in Airmont. There is one final and undisputable truth regarding Groundhog Day.