• snor10@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I would not be so quick to anthropomorphize the behavior of animals.

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        Lemmings are known to migrate when the population in their area becomes too large for its food supply. During these migrations, some will swim to cross bodies of water, but not all of them will make it back to land alive. This unfortunate consequence of migration has sometimes been perceived as an act of mass suicide. This myth has been popularized in various media.

        I feel called out