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Leapin' Lemurs!

Topic Categories: AnimaliaBehaviorStreaming videos
Posted on: November 13, 2007 8:59 AM, by "GrrlScientist"

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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

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This is one of the reasons I love your blog.

Posted by: biosparite | November 13, 2007 12:06 PM

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grrlscientist: ... these animals can jump as far as 30 feet from tree to tree!

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

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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

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They're my new favorite animal, I think

Posted by: Emily Lloyd | November 15, 2007 12:56 AM

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