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Do lemmings explode?What kind of animal is a lemming?Are lemmings intelligent?Can lemmings be pets?Why do we call people lemmings?How big do lemmings...
What keeps lemmings alive?
Lemmings have thick, coarse fur that enables them to endure the long, cold winter in their natural habitat. Their bodies are stout, their limbs are sh...
What animal jumps off a cliff every year?
But there is one myth that has held on tenaciously: Every few years, herds of lemmings commit mass suicide by jumping off seaside cliffs. Instinct, it...
Where does a lemming live?
Lemmings live throughout temperate and polar regions of North America and Eurasia, inhabiting steppes and semideserts, treeless alpine or arctic tundr...
What is unusual about a lemming?
Lemmings have long claws on their forefeet and sharp teeth for gnawing roots. Like other rodents, their incisors or front teeth grow continuously, all...
How do lemmings know where to migrate to?
Lemmings have a variety of natural enemies that include hawks and wolves. During normal periods, lemmings make short annual spring migrations in searc...
What do collared lemmings eat?
Northern collared lemmings are herbivorous. They eat grasses, sedges, bearberry, and cottongrass in summer; in winter when lemmings live under the sno...
Do Lemmings commit suicide?
Lemmings do not commit suicide. However, this particular myth is based on some actual lemming behaviors. Lemmings have large population booms every th...
Are lemming carnivores?
Are lemmings' carnivores, herbivores, or omnivores? Lemmings are herbivores. Their diet primarily includes grass and moss. Are lemmings prey or predat...