Birchnutter

The Birchnutter is a small, round monster that is spawned in groups by Poison Birchnut Trees. They attack their target by leaping at them, dealing 5 damage on each hit. They are spawned periodically to defend the Poison Birchnut Tree. The large amount of Birchnutters, along with the Poison Birchnut Tree's dangerous roots, make it fairly challenging to cut the tree down. Their attack is avoidable however, and Birchnutters are easy to kill individually. Birchnutters drop Twigs or Birchnuts, meaning they are a good way to farm Birchnuts.
In Don't Starve, wearing any kind of head and body Armor at the same time will prevent the player from taking damage and being stunlocked by Birchnutters.
Birchnutters, unlike Eyeplants, can spawn from any kind of turf. They take one hit from an Ice Staff to be frozen, but can't be put to sleep. Instead, they go back underground when a Pan Flute or other similar items are used against them.
Below is the number of hits it takes with each weapon to kill Birchnutters when playing with characters with a default damage modifier. The Weather Pain is not included due to the random nature of its projectile.
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No. of hits for	12	4	3	2	2 or 1	1
== Gallery==
Birchnutter_Spawning_Animation.gif|Animation of a Birchnutter spawning.
Birchnutter_Taunting_Animation.gif|Animation of a Birchnutter taunting.
Birchnutter_Walking_Animation.gif|Animation of a Birchnutter walking.
Birchnutter_Attacking_Animation.gif|Animation of a Birchnutter attacking.
Birchnutter_Attacked_Animation.gif|Animation of a Birchnutter being attacked.
Birchnutter_Dying_Animation.gif|Animation of a Birchnutter dying.
Birchnutter Spawn.png|Birchnutters coming out of the ground.
Birchnutter Chase.png|Birchnutters chasing Wilson.
Birchnutter Frozen.png|A frozen Birchnutter. 
Birchnutter_Art.jpg|Birchnutters and a Poison Birchnut tree in a wallpaper.
Art Stream 61 Poison Birchnut.png|Poison Birchnutters as seen in a drawing from Art Stream # 61.
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Category:Surface Creatures
Category:Hostile Creatures
Category:Reign of Giants
Category:Plants
Category:Monsters