Lemmings: The Tribbles of the Arctic Tundra
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English - February 02, 2022 10:00 - 50 minutes - 34.6 MBComedy Education betterthanhuman human animal history comedy podcast better than human humanity funny history human actions betterthanhumanpodcast Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
A lemming is a small rodent found in the Arctic tundra. Lemmings are a keystone species that maintain the arctic diversity as prey to large animals and plant grazers. And, NO, they do not periodically leap to their deaths, regardless of what common culture may tell us. However, lemmings do have periodic population booms causing them to disperse in all directions, seeking food and shelter, in patterns not normally seen in rodents. These crazy migrations have led to some weird theories about lemmings, like they rain from the sky or that they commit suicide…
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Lemmings are round, fluffy rodents with thick fur. They have a very short tail, short legs, and small ears to help maintain warmth in the freezing climate. Lemmings do not hibernate through the harsh winter, and instead burrow tunnels through the snow. Lemmings can reproduce within less than a month of being born and females can have over 50 babies in their short, two year, life span.
Why do lemming populations fluctuate with such great variance roughly every couple years, before their numbers drop to near extinction? Well, we don’t know exactly. But what we do know is that they do not behave how the producers of the 1958 Disney “documentary” White Wilderness portrayed them.
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