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   Why do lemming jump off sea cliffs en masse?

   • The truth is, their reputation for jumping off sea cliffs en masse is a myth. "This idea stems from the migrations observed in one lemming species: the Norwegian lemming," says Rolf Anker Ims, a researcher in the Department of Arctic and Marine Biology at the Arctic University of Norway, in an email interview.

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   What is the story behind the lemmings?

   • The narration in the film accompanying the lemmings scenes begins as follows: It is said of this tiny animal that it commits mass suicide by rushing into the sea in droves. The story is one of the persistent tales of the Arctic, and as often happens in Man's nature lore, it is a story both true and false, as we shall see in a moment.

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   Did wild Lemmings actually drive themselves off a cliff?

   • It turns out that there is no proof that an assemblage of wild lemmings would actually drive themselves off of a cliff at all, but rather the myth was perpetuated by a 1958 Disney documentary called White Wilderness, in which the filmmakers manually ran a pack of lemmings off of a cliff to make for good television.

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   Are lemmings exploding?

   • People probably came up with the notion of exploding lemmings after seeing the picked-over lemming carcasses that were left behind following a migration. But there is one myth that has held on tenaciously: Every few years, herds of lemmings commit mass suicide by jumping off seaside cliffs.

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2. www.britannica.com › story › do-lemmings-reallyDo Lemmings Really Commit Mass Suicide? | Britannica

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   Learn the truth behind the myth of lemmings jumping off cliffs to their deaths. Find out how this misconception was created by naturalists, filmmakers and human psychology.

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   Feb 27, 1996 · The film White Wilderness showed lemmings jumping off cliffs and drowning in the sea, but this was a staged scene using camera tricks and imported lemmings. Lemmings do not commit mass suicide, but sometimes die by accidental falls or drowning during migrations.

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   Learn why the myth of lemmings committing suicide by jumping off sea cliffs is false and how lemmings affect the arctic ecosystems. Find out how lemmings migrate, reproduce, and interact with predators and plants.

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   Nov 26, 2014 · The myth that lemmings commit suicide by jumping off cliffs is based on faked documentary footage from Disney. The real lemmings have a population boom and die from predators, competition and other factors. Learn more about the arctic rodents and their population variations.

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   Lemmings have become the subject of a widely popular misconception that they are driven to commit mass suicide when they migrate by jumping off cliffs. It is not a deliberate mass suicide , in which animals voluntarily choose to die, but rather a result of their migratory behavior.

   • Class: Mammalia
   • Kingdom: Animalia

   • Family: Cricetidae
   • Phylum: Chordata

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   Jun 10, 2013 · The myth of lemmings jumping off cliffs to their death is based on a staged suicide scene in a 1958 Disney documentary. The myth has no scientific basis and is likely caused by predators, weather, or other factors. Learn more about the origin and evolution of this myth and the real lemming population variations.

10. www.livescience.com › animals › land-mammalsDo lemmings actually jump off of cliffs? | Live Science

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    Nov 18, 2023 · The truth is that lemmings don't intentionally jump to their deaths, scientists told Live Science. "They don't do anything like that," Andy Baltensperger, a landscape ecologist at the ...