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Why do groundhogs hibernate?

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Hibernation is a method employed by a number of animals to limit energy requirements during the time of year where critical resources are limited or completely unavailable. Groundhogs as well as many other species of ground squirrels hibernate in the winter when food is scarce.

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groundhogs are called groundhogs because they are a hog and they go in the ground that's why they are called groundhogs.

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yes groundhogs live under the ground that is the meaning of the name that is a dumb to ask.

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to get more food and plus it's easyer to cath it's pray.

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to tell weather it will be a long or short spring

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Grounghogs sleep in logs

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yes they do..

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burrows

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Groundhogs hibernate right?

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The word is hibernate. Groundhogs hibernate for the winter.


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Can groundhogs live in Ireland?

There are no groundhogs in Ireland.


Where Groundhog live?

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