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Completely off-topic, but I was just watching a YouTube video about lemmings with my 6 yo to answer some questions she was asking. Lemmings to not commit suici
by Cd00d 5y ago
Completely off-topic, but I was just watching a YouTube video about lemmings with my 6 yo to answer some questions she was asking.
Lemmings to not commit suicide from cliffs, en masse. This is a myth that came about from a staged incident in a Disney documentary about the arctic wilderness. It's completely made up.
Was an interesting 5 or so minutes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fHYNMvcAhc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fHYNMvcAhc
- smithza 5y agoMyth notwithstanding, lemmings are the proverbial manifestation of "following your friend off a cliff". Disney did this brilliantly. Here is a fun podcast on it: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/sounds-natural/ https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/sounds-natural/