Ghazzal Hammad - Assignment 11

 Essay Option 1 

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

This is an interesting question, and if you really think about it, it's a little rude. Who's to say a woodchuck can't chuck wood? Technically, if you Google it, a woodchuck can't throw wood. But how would anyone know? Has it been tested? Has someone given a woodchuck a piece of wood and expected it to be able to throw the wood? I feel like the notion that woodchucks can't chuck wood is a little absurd. 

However, the whole question is a little vague. How heavy is the wood? What size is the wood? What type of wood is it? I feel like these are all variables that need to be identified in order to determine how much wood a woodchuck could chuck. 

Woodchucks can make really deep, complex burrow systems. I feel like the strength that comes from their burrowing would inadvertently make them great at chucking as well. I would assume they could probably chuck a few hundred pounds worth of wood. That could honestly be a very inaccurate amount, but I guess we'll never know unless we can somehow get some woodchucks to chuck wood!