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Do lemmings really commit mass suicide?

Posted - April 12, 2020

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  • 5808
    Sometimes they're just nuts...

      April 12, 2020 6:47 PM MDT
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  • 5451
    The myth came from White Wilderness, a 1958 documentary from Disney.  Basically, the filmmakers bought some lemmings from some kids in a nearby village and staged the scene where they all jumped off of a cliff but don't tell that to this lemming parent:




      April 12, 2020 6:57 PM MDT
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  • 44603
    No...only humans.
    Jonestown

      April 13, 2020 9:10 AM MDT
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