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Like many other rodents, lemmings have periodic population booms and then disperse in all directions, seeking food and shelter their natural habitats cannot provide. The Norway lemming and West Siberian lemming are two of the few vertebrates which reproduce so quickly that their population fluctuations are chaotic, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] rather than ...
The most basic version of the "lemming myth" has nothing to do with suicide at all, just that lemmings blindly, stupidly follow each other into dangerous situations...and in this form, it is not entirely incorrect...at least during migratory periods. Fell Gleaming (talk) 01:41, 8 May 2010 (UTC) Why exactly is the word "myth" being used?
Although the steppe lemming is social by nature and should not be held in captivity alone, if a colony of steppe lemmings is held together for a long period of time (two to three months) they may become hostile to each other (mainly to the subordinate members of the colony). If there is only one separate nesting area, two entrances or exits ...
Recently the U.S. Department of State raised eyebrows once again with an internal directive requiring its personnel to follow the crowd. We’ve all heard the phrase, “like lemmings to the sea.”
Like other lemmings, it belongs to the family Cricetidae of rodents. It is endemic to Russia, where it has a wide range throughout Siberia , from the region just south of the White Sea east all the way to the Verkhoyansk Range , which serves as a barrier between it and the East Siberian lemming ( L. paulus ), which was formerly considered ...
The Canadian lemming was formerly thought to be a subspecies of the Siberian brown lemming (Lemmus sibiricus), but those were split into two distinct species. They were still considered the same species as the Beringian lemming ( Lemmus nigripes ); the combined species was named the North American brown lemming with the scientific name L ...
The East Siberian lemming, Eastern Siberian brown lemming, or Ognev's lemming (Lemmus paulus) is a species of lemming endemic to Russia, where it has a disjunct distribution throughout parts of Siberia east of the Verkhoyansk Range.
The mainland Norway lemming has a bold pattern of black and yellow-brown, which is variable between individuals. In contrast, the Novaya Zemlya lemming has a cryptic gray coloration (hence why it was previously thought to be a population of the Siberian brown lemming). [2] The species grows to a size of 155 mm (6.1 in).