Talk:Groundhog

Diet

The final sentence of the section stating they are thought not to drink water appears to be incorrect, as I have a groundhog drinking from my bird-bath every morning. Mrsuperboot (talk) 01:13, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

A groundhog drinking water in Pennsylvania, USA. Photo by Carol Davey.

Is this cause to change the text of the article?

I've added this image of the groundhog drinking water and ammended the section because it seems contested + two users have raised this.Boredintheevening (talk) 16:34, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

Groundhog diet

Article states groundhogs not known to drink water, as they may get it from moisture in plants/vegetables. Our neighborhood groundhog does drink from the outdoor cats water bowl, as it eats from the cats bowl of Iams dry cat food. The groundhog has a badly deformed left rear leg, but seems to move quite well. Lives in a borrow under my neighbors side porch. We live on a very busy street in east Dayton, Ohio, but the groundhog moves around between our two yards with cats standing around, but takes off if humans appear to close, but doesn’t run off as I watch from my window him/her eat and drink on my porch. 2603:6011:C721:6300:15F4:F307:F22F:18D1 (talk) 18:25, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

Removal of Settler perspective subsection

We should consider removing the subsection on human relations titles “historical settler perspective”. It’s constituted by a quote from a single primary source and the context for that quote. I admit it’s a funny quote and I enjoyed reading it, but we would need a secondary source that tells us that this quote is emblematic of broader historic attitudes. Nbhive (talk) 19:26, 5 September 2026 (UTC)