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by Daydreamer on June 3rd, 2005

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Lemmings don't really throw themselves off cliffs, do they?

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  • by Daydreamer on June 3rd, 2005

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    Lemming suicide is fiction. Contrary to popular belief, lemmings do not periodically hurl themselves off of cliffs and into the sea. Cyclical explosions in population do occasionally induce lemmings to attempt to migrate to areas of lesser population density. When such a migration occurs, some lemmings die by falling over cliffs or drowning in lakes or rivers. These deaths are not deliberate "suicide" attempts, however, but accidental deaths resulting from the lemmings' venturing into unfamiliar territories and being crowded and pushed over dangerous ledges. In fact, when the competition for food, space, or mates becomes too intense, lemmings are much more likely to kill each other than to kill themselves.

    www.snopes.com/disney/films/lemmings.htm

    When searching for an answer for this, a lot of information about Lemmings the computer game came up.....it brought back memories of frantically trying to build bridges, blockades and trampoline thingys etc in the attempt to save as many of the green-haired fuzzy creatures as possible.......I love that game! :-)

    www.elizium.nu/scripts/lemmings/

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    • Fortunately, people used to believe in it, otherwise we'd never have gotten the Lemmings game :-)

      Lucas_

      by Lucas_ on June 4th, 2005

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