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Topic Categories: Animalia • Behavior • Streaming videos
Posted on: November 13, 2007 8:59 AM, by "GrrlScientist"
tags: madagascar, leapin' lemurs, streaming video
This streaming video from the BBC show, Weird Nature: Marvelous Motion compares the movement of Sifaka lemurs to ballet, but it's also reminiscent of a martial arts movie. Remarkably, these animals can jump as far as 30 feet from tree to tree! And they make it look so effortless [1:49]
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Amazing!
Thank you for sharing.
Posted by: kcanadensis | November 13, 2007 9:16 AM
This is one of the reasons I love your blog.
Posted by: biosparite | November 13, 2007 12:06 PM
The Beeb narrator puts that at 30 meters, though no leaps near that range seem to be shown in the video.
Posted by: Pierce R. Butler | November 13, 2007 12:16 PM
My daughter thought it was great - she's three and a half and has a toy lemur (called Lenny), so it was wonderful for her. Of course it now means she is leaping around the dining room after a big meal, so thats going to turn out well....
Posted by: MikeB | November 13, 2007 2:07 PM
They're my new favorite animal, I think
Posted by: Emily Lloyd | November 15, 2007 12:56 AM