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Examples of lemming

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Many do so successfully, along ancient trails, a knowledge of which is found only in the instinctive mind level of the lemmings themselves.
Do we have here a key to understanding how lemmings, eels and other creatures gained their instinctive knowledge of the changing planetary geography?
Data on the abundance of lemmings and foxes between years are employed to examine predator-prey dynamics.
Maybe, like the lemmings, the pattern dates back to an era when their goal was closer and the swim was not so long.
The tundra is widely grazed by mammals, especially voles and lemmings that burrow in the undergrowth.
Voles, mice and lemmings are active under the snow in winter, hunted by predatory weasels, stoats, foxes and wolves.
In both years, nest success was low, predation was high, and lemmings were scarce.
Like lemmings, we raced each other to leap over the cliff.
In some years, populations become so large that lemmings may emigrate 'en masse' from overcrowded areas.
The presence or absence of foxes and lemmings was recorded daily.
Individuals were unmarked, and, therefore, observations indicate only whether a fox or lemming was seen, not necessarily the number of individuals present.
The oscillations in lemming populations are particularly marked; in others, they are usually less spectacular!
At present, enlargement seems reminiscent of lemmings rushing to the sea.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Let me say in reply that there is nothing more consistent than lemmings.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
I resent the implication that they are like lemmings.
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