Lemmings & Snowy Owls
Given Jon Hall’s new interest in snowy owls: ornithologist Joe Smith on the lemmings behind the snowy owl invasion. Check out the lemmings lining the nest…
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mattinidaho
The myth of lemmings jumping over cliffs has been around for centuries, but Disney popularized it and brought it to the masses!
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Jon Hall
ha ha … I will say no more about the whole Owlgate controversy. It was a moment of weakness on my part 🙂 Great post Matt – I often wondered where this idea had come from. So did Disney stage the footage to fit the myth, or did this start the myth?