Together with the voles and muskrats, they make up the subfamily Arvicolinae (also known as Microtinae), which forms part of the largest mammal radiation by far, the superfamily Muroidea, which also includes the rats, mice, hamsters, and gerbils.ĭisney Crew Chases Lemmings to Fake Suicide Lemmings are small rodents, usually found in or near the Arctic, in tundra biomes. That’s just sick knowing they were chased off the cliff. The destruction of a species it would seem…. So it’s acted out the legend of mass suicide. Soon the arctic sphere is dotted with tiny bobbing bodies. But gradually strength wanes, determination ebbs away. And if it’s a lake, it must have a farther shore. But as nearly as he can surmise, it would appear that the lemmings consider this body of water just another lake. It’s not given to man to understand all of nature’s mysteries. Others find the beaches by a roundabout way, but they too crash into the waves.
Not towards land strangely, but away from shore toward the far horizon. All seem to survive the ordeal, for now they begin to swim. Casting themselves bodily out into space. The video shows dozens of lemmings jumping into the water and drowning. Or search for “white wilderness lemming”. Because of the over population, many have to migrate and they don’t do it very well, so many die during migration.Ĭheck out the original footage of Disney’s “White Wilderness” on at: Every four years the dwindle to near extinction, then rocket back in over population.
It IS true that lemmings follow a mysterious 4 year cycle. The filmmakers confused mass migration with mass suicide. This was not uncovered until a CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) investigation in 1983 by producer Brian Vallee. They needed more drama footage for the movie. In a 50’s documentary by Disney, the film crew chased lemmings to their death to fake a dramatic mass suicide scene. So thanks to my friend Google, here’s the ultimate information page to answer the big question: DO LEMMINGS COMMIT SUICIDE? Someone else said I shouldn’t disagree with someone who lives near lemmings because they would know best. Someone else who lives by lemmings said yes they do. I said no, that the general public only thought they did because of a Disney fiasco. Lemmings often drown while trying to cross bodies of water during the migration.Quite a fiesty debate amongst the musicians this morning on whether Lemmings commit suicide or not. The truth is, however, that some lemming species migrate to other areas when their original habitat becomes overpopulated. If there were too many lemmings in one area, people believed that lemmings committed mass suicide by jumping off cliffs so that the living lemmings would not have to compete for food or shelter. Mothers take care of their offspring until they are old enough to find their own food and dig their own burrows. After about three weeks, females give birth to a litter of two to three babies.Some species’ fur turn white in the winter.
Their diet includes berries, leaves, roots, and bark.They usually only live for a couple of years.Arctic lemmings are about 3 to 6 inches long.There are more than 100 species of lemmings. They live alone in underground burrows, which is where they also stay to keep warm and to hide from predators. Arctic lemmings, simply called lemmings, are small rodents native to the Arctic Circle, which spans from Alaska to Siberia.
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