uptown_gargoyle t1_jcxsy4m wrote on March 20, 2023 at 11:46 AM

ooo there's a couple of these guys that hang out near the 49th street regional rail station. I always assumed they were groundhogs but i think they might be marmots based on this picture

FGoose OP t1_jcxv43v wrote on March 20, 2023 at 12:08 PM

It’s a groundhog I was going with scientific name for the sake of a alliteration

ledgreplin t1_jcxu11x wrote on March 20, 2023 at 11:57 AM

You were right the first time. I like to call them whistlepigs.

Allemaengel t1_jcxxpdp wrote on March 20, 2023 at 12:33 PM

I like calling them grundsaus.

lordredsnake t1_jcxxfnf wrote on March 20, 2023 at 12:31 PM

All groundhogs are marmots, all marmots are squirrels, and all squirrels are rodents.

Big funny looking rodents that wage war on my squash every year.

uptown_gargoyle t1_jcy0szg wrote on March 20, 2023 at 1:01 PM

TIL