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lemming https://scienceblogs.com/ en Lapland's Lemmings On the Move https://scienceblogs.com/zooillogix/2007/09/05/laplands-lemmings-on-the-move <span>Lapland's Lemmings On the Move</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Northern Finland is experiencing its largest lemming migration in 20 years, according to t<a href="http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Lovelorn+lemmings+on+the+move+but+not+overly+friendly/1135230040605">his article in Helsingin Sanomat's "International Edition"</a> (we never miss an issue!). </p> <p>Though the little rodents (Norway lemmings,<em> Lemus lemus</em>) have not yet begun swarming in a locust-like frenzy, they have been turning up all over Lapland, including drowned in the nets of salmon fishermen, clinging to the oar of a rower and attached to a woman's ankle as it bit her. </p> <p><img src="http://scienceblogs.com/zooillogix/wp-content/blogs.dir/253/files/2012/04/i-7e48e800d9f11a8c884b05749ec2f2c4-Lemming II.jpg" alt="i-7e48e800d9f11a8c884b05749ec2f2c4-Lemming II.jpg" /><br /> Isn't this how The Omen starts? </p> <p>One popular myth about lemmings is that they react to overpopulation by leaping off of cliffs to their death. While they sometimes do fall to their deaths, they are not consciously committing suicide. Instead, overpopulation and density triggers a migration reaction in the little rodents, causing a frantic and single-minded migration across long distances in search of greener pastures. They are often be so focused on moving forward in a frenzied rate, that they can plunge straight off of embankments, as seen in this video.</p> <object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VWuiGWkd7mM" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VWuiGWkd7mM" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><p> They might look cute, but they do not have a reputation for cuddliness. Lemmings can be fierce little buggers, bearing their teeth when approached and decimating entire sections of countryside of vegetation. In fact, the word "lemming" comes from the Norwegian "lemmus" which means destruction. </p> <p>Are there any up-and-coming death metal bands in our reader-base? Feel free to use the name. Lemmus Lemmus: Princes of Decimation. We are also partial to the name, World War IV. </p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/bleimanb" lang="" about="/author/bleimanb" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">bleimanb</a></span> <span>Wed, 09/05/2007 - 05:12</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/lemming" hreflang="en">lemming</a></div> </div> </div> <section> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2431482" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1189022931"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>we checked out the finnish newspaper article this came from. It is a mass of Norwegian Lemmings, the species, but they are not in northern norway, they are in finland. FYI.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2431482&1=default&2=en&3=" token="ztbaFK-FahapQQxuA0KBF_Yl1TEknqW8tIbpSQfW_Z4"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">sylvie (not verified)</span> on 05 Sep 2007 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/33331/feed#comment-2431482">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="229" id="comment-2431483" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1189057518"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>wait, there's a difference!? </p> <p>kidding. thanks, fixed.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2431483&1=default&2=en&3=" token="Pc64BV2rN1MtyaiG08ToodWrMy14CNZvK_gcwNOHskk"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a title="View user profile." href="/author/bleimanb" lang="" about="/author/bleimanb" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">bleimanb</a> on 06 Sep 2007 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/33331/feed#comment-2431483">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/author/bleimanb"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/author/bleimanb" hreflang="en"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2431484" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1189066839"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>So I always though that the lemmings jumping off the cliff was a myth, and was promoted by Disney during a nature show they did back in the 60's. To know that it's not true and there was a reality to it is interesting.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2431484&1=default&2=en&3=" token="IB33XrwtHT4B9IPxyARr5mRN4U7a7I16N9OXXQEiH88"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">David (not verified)</span> on 06 Sep 2007 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/33331/feed#comment-2431484">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2431485" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1189094241"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>While Lemmus Lemmus is still free, it seems that Lemming is already taken as a band's name. And they look like a <a href="http://showcase.thebluebus.nl/pages/458/Lemming.html">jolly lot</a>.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2431485&1=default&2=en&3=" token="MQXkUlZ9ERcI8Pzkrn2R1up8uyLW7ex7z00z_oDIwX4"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.lilela.net" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Sacha (not verified)</a> on 06 Sep 2007 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/33331/feed#comment-2431485">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2431486" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1189160135"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Holy Crap! </p> <p>Lemming is currently my favorite band...and I haven't even listened to their music yet!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2431486&1=default&2=en&3=" token="rigqQzLlG3jwrHzjfWQ5Lhdfgn0TFJIWYMa5v9qvWcM"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.scienceblogs.com/zooillogix" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Benny (not verified)</a> on 07 Sep 2007 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/33331/feed#comment-2431486">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2431487" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1207407383"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>The Disney film was called White Wilderness. I kept a copy because the producers of the show were once accused of forcing the lemmings over the cliff. YouTube has some of the footage.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2431487&1=default&2=en&3=" token="jVFXtjoh6jFKr8ImW3stPlhFgdYgC8O7XtLWyZrSrjY"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Peter (not verified)</span> on 05 Apr 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/33331/feed#comment-2431487">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2431488" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1208876463"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I didn't lemming till we had to draw one in class today. And i have to research them as homework and find things out about them. And i am shocked to hear that they jump off cliffs hurting themself.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2431488&1=default&2=en&3=" token="rBxFIYbt0o79U56BSFp3frqnAgxeGbfy4q_789nEPnY"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">courtney (not verified)</span> on 22 Apr 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/33331/feed#comment-2431488">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2431489" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1220495434"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I like this site but I did not get the feeling of comming any closer to the Lemming...can you show me a video there a lemming gets a stroke, because I have heard that the Lemmings can be so frightened that they get a stroke...</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2431489&1=default&2=en&3=" token="tihxLjjEddAuAMq2t26P1psxz3tmz4GtPLhsAdWefKw"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Silje (not verified)</span> on 03 Sep 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/33331/feed#comment-2431489">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2431490" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1222180570"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>i hatee this websitE! </p> <p>thank yoy for your understanding :)</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2431490&1=default&2=en&3=" token="2WZwokQ12E7Btd9z3-DLDICJtVt4k3PJIbce_atBJb4"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">lafanda laquisha (not verified)</span> on 23 Sep 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/33331/feed#comment-2431490">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2431491" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1224527090"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>this thing is lying i live in nunavut and we have tonns of lemmings. they do NOT hurl themseives off cliffs.</p> <p>you guy are LYING LYERS</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2431491&1=default&2=en&3=" token="rzFMIhi5W1iTB4_M1uET-flGRkI8IsaU7FqS_uxlF3g"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Cheyenne (not verified)</span> on 20 Oct 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/33331/feed#comment-2431491">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2431492" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1226072386"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>No, lemmings don't HURL themselves off cliffs in a suicidal manner, but repeated observation and studies do show that they have a tendency to frantically (and unknownly) run off of cliffs and plummet to their death in search of food and during migration times. Check out a recent article on Discovery Channel's site:<br /> <a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/11/06/lemmings-warming.html">http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/11/06/lemmings-warming.html</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2431492&1=default&2=en&3=" token="Q77rtXa4oABuXYMglFgLCWAOG0tIMxUMyN7Locp2Wf8"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Stephanie (not verified)</span> on 07 Nov 2008 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/33331/feed#comment-2431492">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2431493" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1238418470"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I have researched this phemonomena of creature, the lemming or better known as <i>Lemminicus Domesticus</i> and I have found their sweet disposition truly an inspiration to other creature and their mothers.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2431493&1=default&2=en&3=" token="CtO4dB5HWOnOpdBSOgP6_blukc_QPhQVVLffMms_x7A"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bofink-law.org" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Herald Bofink (not verified)</a> on 30 Mar 2009 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/33331/feed#comment-2431493">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2431494" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1238418789"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I have researched this phemonomena of creature, the lemming or better known as <i>Lemminicus Domesticus</i> and I have found their sweet disposition truly an inspiration to other creature and their mothers. </p> <p>What many persons are unaware of is the Lemming's tendancy to sprout wings under great pressure. This embodiment of the 'fight or flight' reaction is quite unique, with the exception of the bird. However, as each generation of lemming passes, each offspring aquires this ability less and less and less. Creating a hoop of disaster as the lemmings still believe that they can fly.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2431494&1=default&2=en&3=" token="hUw4kkrEP0L9t7jFthkn6AGafKRclO_k7tNk8rkCxeg"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bofink-law.org" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Herald Bofink (not verified)</a> on 30 Mar 2009 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/33331/feed#comment-2431494">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2431495" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1291311101"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I am teaching a wildlife course in winter quarter 2011 and would like to use this clip as a teaching tool to illustrate one of the reasons why animals migrate and as an example of effects of overpopulation in a niche. How or where can I find a copy for such a use.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2431495&1=default&2=en&3=" token="vFYBWH_Afvt6Qi-T6ayUbxzldc3bRwQJMxQ8lS5Mr64"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Paul C. Smith (not verified)</span> on 02 Dec 2010 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/33331/feed#comment-2431495">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/zooillogix/2007/09/05/laplands-lemmings-on-the-move%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:12:13 +0000 bleimanb 134951 at https://scienceblogs.com