how much wood can a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood

Ah, the classic tongue twister! While it’s mainly a fun play on words, a few tongue-in-cheek “scientific” attempts have been made to answer it. According to a humorous study by a New York fish and wildlife technician, a woodchuck could theoretically chuck about 700 pounds (roughly 317 kilograms) of wood , based on how much dirt they move while digging burrows. In reality, woodchucks (also known as groundhogs) don’t actually chuck wood—they dig. The phrase just makes a great riddle for practicing quick, rhythmic speech. Would you like a playful or poetic rewrite of that old tongue twister?