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Lemmings are herbivores. When they reduce the availability of the grasses that they eat, they move on. The "overgrazing" is the result of their food supply no longer supporting their population. They look for other areas that have enough food to support them. The increase in their numbers attracts predators. Those animals help reduce the population of lemmings. There is no mass suicide run.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoNo. This is not an attempt at suicide. Rather, they are diving into the water and swimming to migrate.
actually the idea that lemmings attempt suicide or even migration is a falsehood caused by a documentary that unfortunately thought it would be more exciting if the lemmings were driven off a cliff. or at least that's my understanding of it.
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∙ 15y agoThat is actually a myth. They do not commit suicide. During their migrations they do sometimes come to cliffs. In order to continue their journey they will often try to jump down from the cliff. This is where the myth comes from. Also, as they migrate in large groups it occasionally happens that as they reach the edge of a cliff, some get pushed over accidentally. Many will jump off the cliff and continue their journey safely.
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∙ 11y agoNo.
That's just an old myth, helped along by arranged scenes in a nature "documentary".
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Do all Lemmings commit suicide?
No
Which animal commit mass suicide?
Lemmings
Do lemurs commit mass suicide?
No. You are referring to the misconception about lemmings and mass suicide.
Do Lemmings commit suicide?
The story of lemmings leaping off of cliffs to drown in the sea is kind of an exaggeration. They will do this is they are chased or herded (what creature wouldn't). They don't do it spontaniously.
Is the lemming migration a myth or fact?
The lemming migration is a fact. Lemmings are small rodents that migrate in large groups to find new food sources or establish new territories. The myth part comes from the misconception that lemmings commit mass suicide by jumping off cliffs, which has been debunked.
What does it mean to assist suicide?
it means you helped the person get the tools to commit suicide convinced them to commit suicide or gave them reason to commit suicide
What group of animals found in Scandinavian regions as well as Lapland overpopulate its kind and then they march towards the sea to commit suicide?
I think you're referring to lemmings, a small rat-like animal. However, the idea that they commit mass suicide by marching and flinging themselves into the sea is a myth, it doesn't actually happen.
What group of animals found in the Scandinavian regions as well as Lapland overpopulate its kind and then they march towards the sea to commit suicide?
I think you're referring to lemmings, a small rat-like animal. However, the idea that they commit mass suicide by marching and flinging themselves into the sea is a myth, it doesn't actually happen.
What did hitler do at the end of the war?
Commit suicide
Which of these is correct commit a suicide or commit suicide and why?
It would be "commit suicide", because you do it to yourself, and can only do it (right) once. To "commit a suicide" would imply multiple are possible, which is not true, using the indefinite article, "a".
Did Oedipus commit suicide?
No does not suicide he blind himself .. Jocasta who commit suicide by his own hands
What is a fish that can commit suicide?
Fish can't commit suicide, no animal can.
