All about animalsFacts, stories and anecdotes . l not eat thegrass that a lemming has walkedover. The reason of these wonderfulmigrations has been a puzzle to nat-uralists for many years. Some claimit is hunger, and that an overwhelm-ing instinct drives the lemming on-ward. These little animals arc readilydevoured by scores of kites and crowswhich follow their movements, while the fish make fearful havoc in their rankswhen they cross the lakes and rivers. These marches generally end in thesea, where the few that have survived the perils of the journey are lencrth of the lemming is
All about animalsFacts, stories and anecdotes . l not eat thegrass that a lemming has walkedover. The reason of these wonderfulmigrations has been a puzzle to nat-uralists for many years. Some claimit is hunger, and that an overwhelm-ing instinct drives the lemming on-ward. These little animals arc readilydevoured by scores of kites and crowswhich follow their movements, while the fish make fearful havoc in their rankswhen they cross the lakes and rivers. These marches generally end in thesea, where the few that have survived the perils of the journey are lencrth of the lemming is about six inches and its tail half an inch. It is strange that there always seem to be enough lemmings left to savethe species from extinction, and in a few years they are as plentiful as ever. There is a species of lemming found in America up around the HudsonBay country; in fact, it is sometimes called the Hudson Bay lemming. In thewinter its fur, which is light brown during the summer months, turns to asnowy white. It is very valuable LEMMING (H Natural Size).
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