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@Masimatutu@mander.xyz to Science@lemmy.ml • 2 years ago

Do lemmings actually jump off of cliffs? | Live Science

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Do lemmings actually jump off of cliffs? | Live Science

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@Masimatutu@mander.xyz to Science@lemmy.ml • 2 years ago
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Do these tundra-inhabiting rodents actually jump to their deaths as depicted in a 1958 wildlife documentary?
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  • @trash80@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    • ThatOneKirbyMain2568
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      In 1532, the geographer Jacob Ziegler of Bavaria proposed the theory that the creatures fell out of the sky during stormy weather and then died suddenly when the grass grew in spring.

      lol, that’s dumb

      This description was contradicted by natural historian Ole Worm, …

      well duh, of course people thought that was stupi—

      … who accepted that lemmings could fall out of the sky, but claimed that they had been brought over by the wind rather than created by spontaneous generation.

      oh

      • @fred@lemmy.ml
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        Bad enough being called Ole Worm

  • Kalash
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    Of course not, this has been debunk for decades.

  • @trash80@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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  • @Candelestine@lemmy.world
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    On the off chance that anyone is in the mood for an hour-long nature documentary on the Norwegian Lemming. And other general arctic biome stuff, as usual for nature documentaries, moose, reindeer, etc.

    It’s a good one: https://youtu.be/rMJpytDpn0w?si=n_qL118K_vtapaqh

    • @SamsonSeinfelder@feddit.de
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      Germany: The uploader has not made this video available in your country

      • @Candelestine@lemmy.world
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        Huh… and the piped-video-bot didn’t chime in with a link either… Let me see if I can dig up a different one.

      • @Masimatutu@mander.xyzOP
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        https://vid.puffyan.us/watch?v=rMJpytDpn0w&si=n_qL118K_vtapaqh

        • @Candelestine@lemmy.world
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          Thank you!

        • @SamsonSeinfelder@feddit.de
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          That worked. Thank you!

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  • The Barto
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  • @1984@beehaw.org
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    The video game ones do.

  • The Barto
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  • GreyShuck
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    If they do, it is probably to avoid grammar like ‘off of’.

    • @Empricorn@feddit.nl
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      Do people often throw themselves off precipices around you?

      • GreyShuck
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        No. Perhaps because when I get paid to write about science, I don’t use grammar like that.

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