Was the wood too bland?

How much rock could a woodchuck chuck if a... wait... what?

Taken two years ago in the Colorado Rockies. I was walking along a path up in the Rockies, was about to step over a little stone wall to get a better view of things, and got the crap scared out of me when I almost stepped on this guy. So I stepped to the side of it and took its photo. Sadly, it never cared about me enough to even look in my general direction.

Not really sure why it was sitting there licking the wall. I guess it wanted some salt or something.

But maybe it was just retarded.