WIND MILLING FOREPAWS TEAR INTO THE GROUND AND HIND FEET KICK OUT LOSE SOIL A THIRD OF TON OR MORE TO DIG A BORROW.TO CAROLINA INDIANS, THIS WAS "MONAX" "THE DIGGER".

IN LIGHT SOIL IT CAN BURROW OUT OF SIGHT IN A MINUTE.ITS TUNNEL MAY MEANDER 45 FEET IN OR MORE AT THE DEPTH OF THREE TO SIX FEET FROM THE MOUNDED ENTRANCE.

EMERGE EYES,EARS AND NOSE ALL PLACED STRATEGICALLY AT THE TOP OF THE HEAD.SHOULD A FOX APPEAR, IT WILL SHRILL AN ALARM.

CAUGHT IN THE OPEN,IT DIVES FOR A HIDDEN SIDE ENTRANCE.IT WILL SCAMPER UP A TREE TO ESCAPE PREDATORS OR CLIMB OUT ON A LIMB FOR A RIP APPLE

WHEN DENSE FOREST COVERED EASTERN NORTH AMERICA WOODCHUCKS LIVED ALONG THE EDGES OF WOODS.