| 单词 | lemming |
| 例句 | The pot was empty, for she had not found even a lemming to eat. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The jaeger preyed upon lemmings, small birds, and occasionally carrion. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I found myself plunging over the roads of Washington, as dedicated to the sea as any migrating lemming. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She had a little food and Kapu had told her that the lemmings were coming back. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone started pouring out into the streets, some running away, and some headed, like lemmings to the sea, toward the waterfront. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z “Did you say Grumman?” said the man sitting just along the bar, an elderly man in seal hunter’s rig, whose lemming dæmon looked out solemnly from his pocket. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A lemming screamed in death, and a flock of migrating eider ducks called out their positions to each other. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The owlet was starving, for there was only the bunting, when there should have been dozens of lemmings. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Once, she had counted eighty lemmings piled at the nest of a snowy owl. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately for Miyax, the hour of the animals that prey on the lemmings was also over. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew what that meant; the hour of the lemmings was returning. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A lemming burst out of the grass near her foot and she spun around to look for its nest and young. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Of this she was sure; she had often seen the dogs, foxes, and children hop and jump after lemmings in this same laughable way. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z With the passing of the lemmings, however, the grasses had grown high again and the hour of the caribou was upon the land. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Her teacher said that the lemmings had a chemical similar to antifreeze in their blood, that kept them active all winter when other little mammals were hibernating. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “The old Eskimo customs are not so foolish—they have purpose. I’m as warm as the center of a lemming’s nest.” Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Of this phenomenon Miyax’s father had simply said, “The hour of the lemming is over for four years.” Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Not finding them, she turned back in time to see a fox ripple like a ribbon as he pounced and sped off with the lemming. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She gave him the flesh and went out to hunt lemmings for herself. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Near a pool she lost all sight of her steps and then with relief recognized an empty lemming nest, a round ball of grass that she had kicked open. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It would not live, in this time of no lemmings. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z These small relatives of the mink, with their valuable fur that turns white in winter, enter lemming nests and kill and eat the young. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Collecting her red markers as she walked home, she kicked open old lemming nests in the hope of finding baby weasels. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The animals who preyed on the lemmings were also coming back. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Because before hummingbirds could discover his upside-down bottle, a bunch of flying ants happened by, and in no time they drove themselves like lemmings up the glass tube into Herbie’s jar-shaped slaughterhouse. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And I’m not even talking about all the other stuff like eggs and berries and lemmings. Polar bears just might outlive us all 2012-12-30T16:00:00Z I nodded, thinking, “Haha, sure. Like I’m one of these lemmings.” Addicted to my cycling class 2014-02-20T00:00:00Z Are they behaving like lemmings, or being pushed by the helping hand of the puppeteer? Les Hommes Vides – review 2013-01-21T17:21:46Z But most infamous of all was the lemming sequence, also in White Wilderness. Planet Earth II and the bloodthirsty evolution of the nature documentary 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z They’re like lemmings, waiting for someone to tell them what to do, now that The Governor has checked out and Andrea steps up to the challenge. The Walking Dead Watch: The Governor 2.0 2013-02-11T13:00:47Z That seemed to be the mantra chanted by fashion lemmings, who kept referring to attention-grabbing pieces as “statements.” The Year in Style: Worn-Out Fashion Terms 2010-12-31T04:15:38Z But is representing natural behaviour as similar to our own any more responsible than pushing lemmings off cliffs? Are animals in Hollywood films too human? 2013-04-25T18:30:01Z Everybody followed P&G like lemmings, as they always do.” "Programmatic Buying Killed Us" 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z And yet when the lemmings in their picture don’t behave as lemmings are supposed to — you know, throwing themselves off cliffs in those picturesque mass suicides — Walt urges Roy to fake it. Theater Review: ‘Public Reading About Death of Walt Disney,’ at Soho Rep 2013-05-10T17:23:50Z A lot of it is about being a lemming. Jeremy Scott, Fashion?s Last Rebel 2011-11-30T21:52:06Z The language throughout “Battle” suggests that its characters exist in a state beyond volition; they rush over precipices with the conditioned reflexes of lemmings. Kieron Barry’s ‘Tomorrow in the Battle’: A Love Triangle 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z I don’t know if it’s Dunkirk spirit or lemming spirit. 'Over one hour everything was cancelled' – how coronavirus devastated the film industry 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z At various intervals, supposedly cute lemmings join Norm in a dance that he calls “the Arctic Shake.” Review: In ‘Norm of the North,’ a Polar Bear Takes a Stand 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z We waited an hour and a half for our seats, wondering if we were lemmings. Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s Enduring San Francisco 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z Bats on their way to extinction line up to jump off a cliff like lemmings. Kahn & Selesnick: ‘Truppe Fledermaus & the Carnival at the End of the World’ 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z After founding Tamarind she put her own work aside to a large extent, although in 1965 she did produce one of her best-known prints, “At Last a Thousand,” a lithograph on the theme of lemmings. June Wayne, Painter and Printmaker, Dies at 93 2011-08-28T00:23:03Z Are we all just lemmings absorbed in whatever semi-aspirational reality Bravo and TLC serve us? From black chicken to burnt toast powder: Your foodie trends come straight from the Guy Fieris of reality TV 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z The apocalyptic myth of lemmings driven to mass suicide is conjured as both a cautionary tale and a reported fact of cyclical history. A survey of June Wayne at Pasadena Museum of California Art 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z The artists and visual effects experts created 950 shots and 35 speaking characters, from alluring sea goddesses to chittering lemmings. Travails of ‘Legend of Sarila,’ Canadian Animated 3-D Film 2014-02-07T22:08:01Z “Or do we want them to be lemmings?” Meet the Mother-Daughter Team Set on Saving Cursive 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z But when she went, all the others followed, just like lemmings off a cliff. ‘The Nutcracker’: Fairies and tulle onstage, total nuts backstage 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z To fix this problem, the crew paid children in Canada’s northern Manitoba region 25¢ per lemming to round some up. Planet Earth II and the bloodthirsty evolution of the nature documentary 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z Did Mr. Rush sign on first and the others follow like lemmings? Review: In ‘Gods of Egypt,’ That Doughnut Beast Is Stepping on My Sandal 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Despite drowning very convincingly, the brown lemmings were actually miscast, because that species does not migrate. Planet Earth II and the bloodthirsty evolution of the nature documentary 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z As the last note of “The Star-Spangled Banner” sounded, a monster truck roared to life and the Tough Mudders chased after it, like a herd of lemmings clad in Under Armour. Extreme Obstacle Course Races Forge a Bond in Mud and Guts 2012-12-07T23:56:00Z Instead, they show what appears to be hundreds of lemmings “migrating” senselessly into the sea. Planet Earth II and the bloodthirsty evolution of the nature documentary 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z “But developing nunchi doesn’t mean becoming a lemming, it just means you are using data to your advantage to create comfort for yourself and everybody else.” What is 'nunchi', the Korean secret to happiness? 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z The undead following off the ledge like lemmings and splattering all around gives new definition to purple rain. The Walking Dead 'Consumed' Recap: Sexual Tension 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z "Why should I put up all of that money if the critics are coming in like lemmings?" 'Atlas Shrugged' producer: 'Critics, you won' 2011-04-26T07:00:00Z None more so than 1958's White Wilderness, in which captive lemmings were herded off a cliff in order to support the myth that the creatures killed themselves en masse. Are animals in Hollywood films too human? 2013-04-25T18:30:01Z “My dad says I should have strength of character, not be a lemming,” she explains to the bus driver. 'Orange Is the New Black' Recap: Season 2 Begins in a More Menacing World 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Republicans will never begin to chart a new course in California while they remain Trump lemmings. Column: Trump and the Republican Party aren't winning over young California voters, a bad sign for the GOP 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z “I fully believe he has the ability to get the lemmings to follow him off the cliff again, no matter how far down it goes.” DeSantis’s Electability Pitch Wobbles, Despite G.O.P. Losses Under Trump 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z The forbidding frozen wilderness of the high Arctic tundra is the natural home of the snowy owl, a great predator perfectly adapted to hunting its primary food source, lemmings. ‘Extremely Rare’ Snowy Owl Sighting Transfixes a California Suburb 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z Death penalty states behaved like lemmings, with one following and imitating another. Lethal injection is a gruesome disaster: After 40 years of cruelty, enough is enough 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z Additionally, the team found evidence for hares, rodents, geese and lemmings. Ancient DNA shows what Greenland may have looked like 2 million years ago 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z They also found evidence of coral, ants, fleas and lemmings. World’s Oldest DNA Discovered, Revealing Ancient Arctic Forest Full of Mastodons 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z The DNA also showed traces of animals including geese, hares, reindeer and lemmings. Oldest DNA reveals life in Greenland 2 million years ago 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Other sequences come from land animals, including caribou, hares, mastodons, geese, lemmings and ants. Oldest Known DNA Paints Picture of a Once-Lush Arctic 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z At all altitudes of the party, there is a collective attempt to discourage what some see as a lemming tendency taking grip. Liz Truss's next job is to turn around Tory fatalism 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z If the average yearly population of lemmings is 950, write a function that models the population with respect to the month. Precalculus 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z But Psaki angered Republicans by likening the party’s supporters who adhere to Trump’s fabrications about the 2020 election to “silent lemmings. ” ‘Fiery’ Psaki ending tenure as a top White House messenger 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z "I think it's more trying to get ahead of tightness they think is coming ... back to a 'herd of lemmings' market dynamic," another market player said of the recent rally. Analysis: Physical crude oil market steams ahead after Omicron blip 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z In some parts of the Arctic, thinning ice is already reducing the number of boom years for lemmings. Rare snowy owl soars over Washington, thrills crowds 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z “It’s amazing to me how many of these Republican leaders have just fallen into line like lemmings,” he said. A Year Later, Jan. 6 Becomes Just Another Wedge in a Divided Nation 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z A population of lemmings varies with a yearly low of 500 in March. Precalculus 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z From lemmings to moose, any corner of boreal forest and tundra is home to something alive. Perspective | Five myths about the Arctic 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z They were like lemmings marching off a cliff. He’s the youngest Chief in his First Nation’s history. Now he’s leading their fight against climate change. About every 3 to 5 years, a spike in the population of lemmings, their chief food source, results in a larger number of surviving owl chicks. Rare snowy owl soars over Washington, thrills crowds 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z “It was like lemmings running into the sea. People falling on a sword,” Mr. Moffett said of the strike. Ken Moffett, low-key mediator in high-profile labor disputes, dies at 90 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z But the former president’s lemmings could be in mortal political danger if they continue to follow him while running for competitive seats in swing districts. After Newsom's recall triumph, Republicans need to do the math: Stop wasting time and money 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z "This is literally the metaphor of the lemmings running to their own slaughter. People who are listening to that sort of stuff instead of the science that goes way way back." Former Fox News reporter calls out Tucker Carlson for lying about vaccines: "It's about ratings" 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z When certain companies and their stocks get a bit of attention, the lemmings jump right in - as the world saw with Redditors who hyped up the value of GameStop in January. Five animals to spot in a post-Covid financial jungle 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z “From my point of view, I would ban religion completely. ... Organized religion doesn’t seem to work. It turns people into really hateful lemmings and it’s not really compassionate.” Elton John slams Vatican for blessing its 'Rocketman' investment but not gay marriage 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z “We really shouldn’t be all marching in lockstep like lemmings to go and do what the government tells us to do,” said the former two-term governor, positioning himself as a political outsider. ‘We want to be educated, not indoctrinated,’ say Trump voters wary of COVID shots 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z Researchers are keen to look at creatures such as the ancestors of moose, musk ox, wolves and lemmings, to shine a light on the evolution of modern species. Million-year-old mammoth genomes set record for ancient DNA 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z "People aren't lemmings for every tweet they happen to see," says Joseph Uscinski, a political science professor at the University of Miami. Does yoga have a conspiracy theory problem? 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z No one falls in line like lemmings the way right-wingers do. Hey, Republicans — your guy lost. Can you please take the coronavirus seriously now? 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z And it was forecast by practically everyone except pugnacious President Trump and his Republican lemmings. Column: Expanding vote by mail in California was a success. Let's do it permanently 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z “Let the lemmings drive their golf carts into the ocean!” John Leguizamo bashes Florida 'lemmings' after the state was called for Donald Trump in the 2020 election 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z Is it impolite for the lemming who notices the cliff to say, “Uh, wait a minute, guys?” Opinion | Alan Alda: I cannot remain silent as Trump rejects science and endangers lives 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z California Republicans — and too many Republicans everywhere — are Trump lemmings, following him blindly toward the autumn cliff. Ignore Trump's hypocritical vote-by-mail rants. Protecting voters from coronavirus won't lead to fraud 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z His troglodyte authoritarian lemmings have internalized the Great Leader's commandments. Donald Trump and his demons: Why the assault on democracy will get worse 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z The Republicans and their news media and public are authoritarian lemmings. Are Trump and his circle manipulating the markets for personal gain? Here's the evidence 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z Dr. Bloom faced harsh criticism from detractors he called “lemmings.” Harold Bloom, literary critic who wrote of the ‘anxiety of influence,’ dies at 89 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z Wall Street, Buckley said, “can be very deaf to warnings for years, but the financial-market lemmings will suddenly act in unison” once the biggest players send a signal. Money Is the Oxygen on Which the Fire of Global Warming Burns 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z A polar bear and three mischievous lemmings travel to New York to stop a shady developer from building luxury condos in the Arctic. Movies on TV this week Sept. 8, 2019 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z He compared the global response to “lemmings marching off the cliff into the sea”. John Kerry says we can't leave climate emergency to 'neanderthals' in power 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z That may also help explain why Republicans who objected to Trump's personal behavior while he was running for office voted on Tuesday to protect him like lemmings in the face of patently racist remarks. Republicans claim reverse racism in defending Trump's racism: It won't work 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z The lemming fox may be more likely to travel amid fluctuations in the lemming populations it depends on for sustenance. Scientists track arctic fox that walked 2,700 miles from Norway to Canada 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z In Perchang it’s soccer balls, while in Lemmings it’s… well lemmings. Perchang looks like Portal, but is more like Lemmings 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z Though she can catch prey as large as a hare or a sea duck, her normal diet is small rodents, mainly lemmings. Wildlife Photographer of the Year: stories behind classic portraits 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z “One of the things I thought this new wave would do is breed a lot of leaders. It bred a lot of lemmings, is what it did. It bred a lot of robots.” 'We proved Amazon wrong': activists celebrate Bezos' retreat from Queens 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z In his book, he described companies doing business with the “murderous gangster regime” of China as “corporate turncoat lemmings.” The American Casualties of Trump’s Trade War 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z “If lemmings disappear, predators might turn to eggs.” Climate Change May Curtail Shorebirds' Need to Fly North 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Nomura continued the practices despite warnings from its due diligence staff, who warned that Nomura was “turning into the lemming of the mortgage business” and dealing with “extremely dysfunctional” loan originators, authorities said. Nomura to pay $480 million to U.S. over 'fraudulent'... 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z In a poem titled The Ex-Ministers, she names no names but writes: "We are nothing to them now; lemmings going over the white cliffs of Dover." Poet Duffy takes aim at Trump and Brexit 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z On Brexit, he likened the government to "lemmings running off the cliff". Radiohead regret turning down Fight Club 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z The party is unified — like lemmings about to hurl themselves into the sea. Opinion | The GOP is about to hurl itself into the sea 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z “No one force feeds you junk food, it’s personal choice. We’re not lemmings.” We’re in a new age of obesity. How did it happen? You’d be surprised | George Monbiot 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z It used to be easy to distinguish such independent travelers from the lemmings following flag-waving tour guides. Opinion | Don’t Let TripAdvisor Kill Adventure 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z This reversal of loyalty to his own people, not to mention the country he is tasked with leading, is so preposterous that normal people are at serious risk of joining lemming colonies. Opinion | From blood sport to cold war 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z I am not sauntering gracefully; I am not meandering gently; no, I am hurtling like a mad lemming. Am I really ‘hurtling towards middle age’ at 35? | Arwa Mahdawi 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z There are 21 species known to change the color of their coats in winter, Mills said, including six species of hares, three weasel species, hamsters, lemmings and arctic foxes. These white animals are struggling to hide in a world with less snow 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z "We endeavor to teach our children to be leaders, not lemmings," she wrote. Tammie Jo Shults, who calmly landed the Southwest flight, broke barriers as a fighter pilot 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z The Senate, along with the House, is following the migratory habit of some lemmings, which might lead to their political suicide. Alaska Editorials 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z That is just a portion of the human thought pattern, Once the wagon gets really rolling, the lemming will defend it to the death. Opinion | The Missing Obama Millions 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z “Like lemmings jumping of the cliff,” sighed another. A New Coalition With Merkel? Not So Fast 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z You see, both Arctic foxes and snowy owls rely on lemmings. Arctic Fox and Snowy Owl Filmed Doing Strange 'Dance'—But Why? 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z Researchers believe the influx is the result of surges in the owl’s main food source, lemmings, which are rodents that live under Arctic snowpack. Snowy owls are making rare appearances in southern Delaware 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z The relationship between lemmings and snowy owls is critical - the rodents crawling across the arctic tundra account for 90 percent of the white owls’ diet. The power of the owl 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z In years of strong lemming reproduction, there is often a corresponding increase in owl hatchlings. The power of the owl 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z But researchers worry that climate change will affect the owl population because lemmings are exceptionally sensitive to even small temperature changes. Snowy owls listed as vulnerable as climate threatens prey 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z The birds feed on lemmings and voles, small rodents. Snowy owls make appearance in Kansas 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z The snowy owl population rises when lemmings are more abundant, increasing competition among the birds and sending more of them south. Snowy owls are making rare appearances in southern Delaware 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z “We recognize that something needs to be done, but we’re not a group of lemmings heading for the cliff edge,” he says. Talk About Peer Pressure! U.K.’s House of Lords Prepares to Get Smaller 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z The relationship between lemmings and snowy owls is critical — the rodents crawling across the arctic tundra account for 90 percent of the white owls’ diet. The power of the owl 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z But it’s tough to assess lemming population trends in remote areas. Snowy owls listed as vulnerable as climate threatens prey 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Nice work GOP- wait until your lemmings figure out that their wallets will get picked too. Republican Plan Would Raise Taxes on Millions 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z “Republican members of Congress in swing districts cannot be Trump lemmings. They have to create their own strong identities,” Murphy said. ‘Canary in the coal mine’: Republicans fear Democratic wins mean more losses to come 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z Pumpkin spice exploits our suggestibility and relies on our conformity, pegging us as pliant lemmings. Opinion | Will Pumpkin Spice Destroy Us All? 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z “If climate change affects the lemmings, it will affect the snowy owl.” The power of the owl 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z Snowy owls somehow seem to find lemmings even if they are thousands of miles from where their population last peaked, Therrien said. Snowy owls listed as vulnerable as climate threatens prey 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Were we really due for the Republican version of the 2010 Democratic lemming run? Both parties share responsibility for nation’s health-care mess 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z Giving Silvey full credit for the rebellion of his bloc on this issue, of late his party typically has acted more like lemmings in pursuit of reactionary goals. Recent Missouri editorials 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z Just because the lemmings panic for a day or two is not a trend. What Booming Markets Are Telling Us About the Global Economy 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z They have all their little lemmings toeing the line and voting for the most corrupt, least prepared administration and cabinet in history since the 1920s. Stephen Schwarzman’s Bad Business Advice 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z Among her answers: “My developing suspicion that The American People, although capable of considerable amounts of self-deceit, are not lemmings, after all.” Celebration, anthologies honor Topeka-born Gwendolyn Brooks 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z And because this isn’t a centrally planned economy, real estate will always produce a lemming effect. Seattle shocker: Market forces can work 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Money has corrupted our democracy and we are the lemmings headed over the cliff because that's what keeps the system in power over all of us. Can the G.O.P. Senate Majority Survive Donald Trump? 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z Disney won an Academy Award for the documentary which notably features a sequence with lemmings, mouse-like critters that live in the Arctic, diving over the edge of a cliff to the sea, where they drowned. How natural are nature documentaries? 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z In the world of associates and salaries, big law firms are like lemmings. Law School a Solid Investment, Despite Pay Discrepancies 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z “You just saw woolly mammoth, reindeer, lemming, bison,” he said. Eske Willerslev, a Human DNA Tour Guide 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z Temer running the country is like the blind leading the lemmings into an active volcano while pocketing whatever kickbacks he gets along the way. Brazil’s Senate Suspends President Dilma Rousseff 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z What they seem to have forgotten, is they have to deliver on their promises of a brighter future, and the lemmings are fed up with waiting. Donald Trump or Paul Ryan: Who’s King of the Hill? 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z In fact the whole thing was a hoax; the filmmakers drove the lemmings over the cliff themselves, and the "sea" was a tightly-cropped river. How natural are nature documentaries? 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z As I learned, lemmings don't follow one another blindly to their deaths — as popularly believed. Lemmings came out 25 years ago today 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z An Arctic fox pup enjoys what remains of a lemming carcass in Alaska. Before and After: See Animals Change Their Coats for Winter 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z Counting TV shows, he cracked, is like counting lemmings. FX Networks Chief Worried About Deep-Pocketed Competitors 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z “Counting TV shows is like counting lemmings,” he said. FX CEO John Landgraf updates his forecast on 'too much TV,' talks Netflix 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z As Minions are to the “Despicable Me” movies, lemmings are to “Norm of the North.” ‘Norm of the North’ goes south, fast 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z A CBC documentary, Cruel Camera, later revealed the Disney filmmakers flew a batch lemmings to a new location, where they were forced off a cliff with cameras rolling. Lemmings came out 25 years ago today 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z An Arctic fox pup enjoys what remains of a lemming carcass in Alaska. Before and After: See Animals Change Their Coats for Winter 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z “We saw a lot of lemmings jumping over the cliff into the fall,” he said of the box-office carnage in September and October, when “Spotlight” and “Brooklyn” were among the few survivors. In Hollywood, a Year of Mining the Past for Box Office Gold 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z His tenure was marked by an increasingly futile effort to control a group of conservatives that Devin Nunes, a Republican from California and an ally of Boehner’s, once described as “lemmings with suicide vests.” The War Inside the Republican Party 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z Or maybe he believes that Hippocrates, the father of Western medicine, was just another PC lemming, blindly following the secular progressives who are leading us to our collective doom. Republicans are the ones hiding behind ‘political correctness’ 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z I played Lemmings to death on my school's computer, and became academically obsessed with actual lemmings, writing a third grade report on the critters. Lemmings came out 25 years ago today 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z An Arctic fox pup enjoys what remains of a lemming carcass in Alaska. Before and After: See Animals Change Their Coats for Winter 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z The larger red fox is both a competitor—the two species eat small mammals like lemmings—and a predator. See 11 of the Year's Best Wildlife Photographs 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Arctic foxes, which mostly eat lemmings and other small mammals, are a top predator in the Arctic. Why Obama is the First President to Visit the Arctic 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z “It’s madness. They’re like lemmings,” said Robin Lewis, chief executive of The Robin Report, a retail industry publication. Amazon Dreams Up a Sale in a Calendar Bursting With Them 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z They’re also the ones who won’t walk blindly off a cliff with the rest of the lemmings when that pack mentality becomes detrimental. Three Qualities Every Winner Needs 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z “The result is a certain amount of lemmings marching off the cliff together.” What happens to video startups that makes millions on Kickstarter 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z The larger red fox is both a competitor—the two species eat small mammals like lemmings—and a predator. See 11 of the Year's Best Wildlife Photographs 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z “VCs can be a bit like lemmings. But if we can drive success, dollars and venture capital will follow. ” Women Over 40: Show An Entrepreneurial Streak 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z The trouble was that, after Faisal, the line of succession looked like a line of gradually aging lemmings marching slowly toward a cliff. The Once and Future Saudi Kings 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z A cute puzzler, the object of this game is to lead the little rodents to safety, using lemmings’ specialized digging, blasting, and building skills to navigate the landscape of each level. The 10 Best Classic PC Games You Can Play Right Now 2015-01-10T05:00:00Z “You know, people are like lemmings,” Khodorkovsky said, his eyes twinkling behind rimless glasses. The Man to Take on Putin 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z The larger red fox is both a competitor—the two species eat small mammals like lemmings—and a predator. See 11 of the Year's Best Wildlife Photographs 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z And when they change they seem to do so like lemmings – all in lock step, without embarrassment or regret. Liberalism In Crisis 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z They will broadcast to you that only sheep and lemmings need apply. Six Ways Lousy Employers Abuse Job-Seekers 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Later in the day, Stewart Brand, who created the “Whole Earth Catalog,” amused the crowd when he took a showy tumble off the stage, to impersonate the death of a lemming. Hans Ulrich Obrist, the Curator Who Never Sleeps 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z You are not a sheep or a lemming. How To Answer The Question 'Which Other Firms Are You Interviewing With?' 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z Brazil, the once mighty Brazil, the Brazil that gave the world Pele, so many other great players and yellow-shirted delight, throwing itself like a herd of lemmings off a cliff. Column: Disaster’s branding iron burns Brazil anew 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z Disneyland kept us smiling and laughing, but it also felt like we took an exhausting pilgrimage into some strange suburban dream state where lemmings make scheduled monorail commutes from resort hotels. What Disneyland Means To The Video Game Generation 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z Investors in emerging markets tend to act like lemmings, buying — and more dangerously selling — the same stocks in the same countries, creating distortions as funds become too large for the markets they are investing in. Justin Leverenz Is Betting on Emerging Markets Like Turkey 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Together, they buried the adage that ad agencies recited like lemmings: readers don’t scroll. Inside Forbes: How the Flow of News on Smartphones Changes the Business of Journalism 2014-05-12T14:19:00Z I thought about interviewing the people who open the doors, those who lead the rest of us hapless lemmings into acoustic hell. Op-Docs: ‘Subway Alarm’ 2014-03-18T23:49:28Z In a flash before death, often the last things a lemming sees are the deadly talons of a majestic snowy owl. A snowy-owl bonanza, thanks to a little, stubby-legged Arctic rodent: the lemming 2014-02-16T22:46:07Z He suggests that the large population is the result of a bonanza of lemmings and other small rodents that snowy owls feed on, perhaps a consequence of the milder Arctic weather. Influx of Snowy Owls Thrills and Baffles Birders 2014-01-31T19:02:37Z I mentioned Dicrostonyx – the collared lemmings or varying lemmings, the several species of which occur across the far north of Scandinavia, Asia and North America. North America: land of obscure, freaky voles 2014-01-13T16:45:00.548Z But just because lemmings don't drink milk into adulthood doesn't mean you have to follow their lead. Nutrition Fallacies Exposed! 2013-10-22T13:40:00Z “There has been a lemming effect that has led to a homogeneity of research topics,” he says. Research assessments: Judgement day 2013-10-16T17:20:26.367Z At a nearby nest, he saw 64 dead lemmings, enough to feed far more chicks than usual. A snowy-owl bonanza, thanks to a little, stubby-legged Arctic rodent: the lemming 2014-02-16T22:46:07Z The employees on the Navy Yard’s IT team had jokingly nicknamed themselves “the lemmings,” so routine was their work. At Navy Yard, the ‘Cube Farm’ had settled into its reassuring Monday routine. Then, a jolt. 2013-10-05T22:56:00Z Secondly, unlike several other vole taxa living in modern North America, collared lemmings are not invaders from the Old World. North America: land of obscure, freaky voles 2014-01-13T16:45:00.548Z But he said he did not think there was much of a chance of a broad rebellion against the "lemming caucus." Analysis: Shutdown strategy has wide U.S. Republican support 2013-10-04T19:42:02Z We need Yucca Mountain, if only on paper, to satisfy the retrievability window issue posed in the 1982 Nuclear waste Policy Act that began this lemmings march we’ve been on for over 30 years. Yes We Can - Dispose Of Nuclear Waste 2013-06-30T16:41:00Z The worry that lemming populations will fall is speculation, “an unknown situation,” Smith said. A snowy-owl bonanza, thanks to a little, stubby-legged Arctic rodent: the lemming 2014-02-16T22:46:07Z It’s about a lone, enlightened lemming who tries to stop his comrades from running off a cliff. When Hollywood Wants Good, Clean Fun, It Goes to Mormon Country 2013-05-23T11:01:10Z I say this based on the presence in Pleistocene Alaska of Predicrostonyx hopkinsi, sometimes called Hopkins’s lemming and supposed to be ancestral to Dicrostonyx. North America: land of obscure, freaky voles 2014-01-13T16:45:00.548Z Both "factions" pay lip service to "independent thought" but, like lemmings, hurriedly follow loser GOP policy off the proverbial cliff, apparently duping many other into thinking they are any different. Rand Paul and the 13-Hour Filibuster 2013-03-07T20:35:25Z It doesn’t matter how many lemmings you get out there in the street begging for them to have their guns taken. Alex Jones brings the crazy to Piers Morgan show 2013-01-08T05:42:00Z In the spring, when snowy owls search for lemmings, males and females perform a courtship dance in flight. A snowy-owl bonanza, thanks to a little, stubby-legged Arctic rodent: the lemming 2014-02-16T22:46:07Z Animating a throng of 2,000 muttering lemmings was, technically, an audacious feat, and “Lemmings” won both a student Emmy and a student Academy Award. When Hollywood Wants Good, Clean Fun, It Goes to Mormon Country 2013-05-23T11:01:10Z Arctic fox populations naturally fluctuate from year to year depending on the availability of their main food source, lemmings. The rise and fall of foxes 2013-01-04T03:01:34Z Then again, sometimes a trend is nothing more than a lot of lemmings plunging over the edge of a cliff. 5 Trends to Ignore in 2013 2012-12-10T12:35:00Z We are not lemmings, and we need not defer to others' reported attitudes of trust and mistrust. Which comes first - trust or trustworthiness? 2012-12-07T17:30:11Z There are four eggs surrounded by 70 lemmings and eight voles, a tasty meal for unhatched chicks. A snowy-owl bonanza, thanks to a little, stubby-legged Arctic rodent: the lemming 2014-02-16T22:46:07Z Will it just be revealed to us on the eve of Christmas or on the eve of the new calendar year and we will be asked to vote for it like lemmings?” At Boehner’s Request, He and Obama Negotiate Alone 2012-12-07T01:57:18Z Each extinction was followed by a re-colonisation of genetically different lemmings, according to the study. Ice Age warmth wiped out lemmings 2012-11-26T22:07:03Z Investors may overlook the corporate governance risks and rush to buy shares like lemmings over the proverbial cliff. Deal Professor: In Goldman Sachs's Retreat From I.P.O., a Signal to Investors 2012-11-20T23:07:09Z To many liberals these are turkeys voting for Christmas or lemmings off for a leap; the condemned tying the noose for their own execution. Working class voters: why America's poor are willing to vote Republican 2012-10-29T17:42:07Z The lemming population spikes about every four years in the Arctic, and last summer it rose off the charts on Canada’s Bylot Island in the Nunavut territory. A snowy-owl bonanza, thanks to a little, stubby-legged Arctic rodent: the lemming 2014-02-16T22:46:07Z In addition to the risk of neglecting a dangerous toxin or infection, there's the unfortunate implication that those with symptoms are either lemmings or liars. Deadly Dancing: Could a Nocebo Effect Explain Medieval Europe's Dancing Plagues? 2012-10-19T14:15:04.830Z "There's an amazing genetic diversity just at this one site in Belgium, compared to the tiny amount of diversity that we see in the modern-day lemmings," said Dr Barnes. Ice Age warmth wiped out lemmings 2012-11-26T22:07:03Z In Scandinavia, the Arctic fox is among animals under pressure since climate change is reducing the availability of its main prey, the lemming. Climate Change Threatens Nature from Coffee to Arctic Fox 2012-09-19T17:45:00.347Z In 1985, Apple ran an unpopular TV commercial during the that depicted PC users as mindless lemmings leaping to their death from a cliff. Advertising: Samsung-Apple Fight Moves to the Marketing Arena 2012-09-19T01:01:14Z When there are few lemmings, snowy owls don’t bother to raise chicks. A snowy-owl bonanza, thanks to a little, stubby-legged Arctic rodent: the lemming 2014-02-16T22:46:07Z Without lemmings for dinner, stoats and other Greenland predators may face extinction. Greenland Lemmings' Collapse Pushes Predators to Brink 2012-09-12T00:01:00Z Mouselike animals called lemmings are snowy owls’ main food source, and the baby boom is sending young owls across the border to find voles, field mice, rats, rabbits and shore birds. Snowy owls appear outside Hogwarts 2012-01-16T19:26:33Z This is not to make fun of the dignity of sexual minorities, but rather to marvel at the way these Episcopal elites run like lemmings of the cliffs of progressive extremes. Viewpoints: Why is faith falling in the US? 2012-08-22T02:02:33Z There is no moving forward without falling on the sword, and the people who replaced the Paterno lemmings at Penn State seem to have figured that out. Column: Penn State punishment more than fair 2012-07-23T21:23:09Z Their flights, covering thousands of miles, were fueled by a steady diet of lemmings. A snowy-owl bonanza, thanks to a little, stubby-legged Arctic rodent: the lemming 2014-02-16T22:46:07Z By keeping such close tabs on the lemmings, the team was able to identify exactly when the lemming cycle in these two regions collapsed. Greenland Lemmings' Collapse Pushes Predators to Brink 2012-09-12T00:01:00Z In the world of Facebook, users are either kings or lemmings. Who Controls Social Networks? 2012-06-21T19:10:00Z Lupines were germinated from seeds in a 10,000-year-old lemming burrow found by a gold miner in the Yukon. New Life, From an Arctic Flower That Died 32,000 Years Ago 2012-02-22T07:20:03Z Lupins were germinated from seeds in a 10,000-year-old lemming burrow found by a gold miner in the Yukon. New Life, From an Arctic Flower That Died 32,000 Years Ago 2012-02-20T20:05:20Z “I’ve encountered some lemmings around nests in the past, maybe one to two, or three,” but 70 was a shocking first. A snowy-owl bonanza, thanks to a little, stubby-legged Arctic rodent: the lemming 2014-02-16T22:46:07Z "When there were plenty of lemmings, the predators helped themselves," Schmidt says. Greenland Lemmings' Collapse Pushes Predators to Brink 2012-09-12T00:01:00Z The windless air was faintly musical with the hum of insects and with the occasional squeaks and scurryings of unseen lemming mice in their secret roadways under the dense green sphagnum. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z The owls’ Arctic diet is 90 percent lemmings, although the birds, which are powerful hunters, also eat mice, voles, ducks, hares and even fish when they migrate south. Bird-Watchers Revel in Unusual Spike in Snowy Owl Sightings 2012-01-23T00:39:15Z This lemming, which is closely related to D. hudsonius of Labrador, was described from specimens taken at Fort Churchill, where it is abundant. A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations 2011-12-26T03:00:13.520Z It ices over when temperatures drop, encasing the vegetation that lemmings covet while replenishing their ranks. A snowy-owl bonanza, thanks to a little, stubby-legged Arctic rodent: the lemming 2014-02-16T22:46:07Z "We expect we will lose the snowy owl, skua, and stoat," he says, noting that these three species are dependent on the lemmings to feed their young. Greenland Lemmings' Collapse Pushes Predators to Brink 2012-09-12T00:01:00Z The next moment he lifted his head with a fat lemming dangling from either side of his fine jaws. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z But even animal bones are an important source of scarce calcium for ravens and lemmings and foxes and, well, the entire food chain, because the Arctic recycles everything. Margaret Atwood: “Stone Mattress.” 2011-12-12T05:00:00Z The surviving lemmings are specialized in many features and therefore are considered as advanced end-products of an evolutionary radiation of a primitive microtine stock, of which all earlier stages are extinct. The Baculum in Microtine Rodents 2011-11-17T03:00:33.777Z The Hudson's Bay lemming is covered by very fine soft and long hair of an ash colour. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z The Traill Island project was originally launched to understand the effect of predators—primarily stoats, snowy owls, Arctic foxes, and long-tailed skuas—on the lemming cycle. Greenland Lemmings' Collapse Pushes Predators to Brink 2012-09-12T00:01:00Z Here, in this preservative temperature, he deposited the body of the fat lemming, and covered the place from prying eyes with herbage and bush drawn lightly over it. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z She leaves Bob to the ravens and the lemmings and the rest of the food chain. Margaret Atwood: “Stone Mattress.” 2011-12-12T05:00:00Z The baculum in the genera of lemmings increases in robustness and the development of processes from Dicrostonyx, to Synaptomys, to Myopus, to Lemmus—the same order outlined above for total of specialization. The Baculum in Microtine Rodents 2011-11-17T03:00:33.777Z The Lapland lemming resembles the preceding and is remarkable for its extensive migrations. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z Justifications about being a leader are dubious – don’t forget the lemming leading the pack over the hill is the first one to realize there is a long drop in front of him. Dot Earth Blog: More on Energy and Climate Paths for California and Beyond 2011-11-02T15:54:43Z Hunting easily and when the mood was upon him, he brought three more lemmings to the storehouse that same day. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z But they are going to be running against those lemmings. DealBook: As Economy Goes, So Go Takeovers, Even as Bargains Abound 2011-10-18T23:28:26Z The baculum in lemmings as a group cannot then be considered more primitive than in voles as a group, although the voles are usually considered to be more advanced. The Baculum in Microtine Rodents 2011-11-17T03:00:33.777Z A fox, a gull, a couple of ducks, and one or two lemmings; complete our game list for the week, yet our two Esquimaux are indefatigable in the pursuit. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z Such migrations among mammals have often been recorded, one of the most notable examples being that of the little lemmings which migrate at periodical intervals in a way which has often been described. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z Here the lemming digs his home under the velvet cover, where he may enjoy the roots and material protection from the abysmal frost of the long night. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Regulators Move to Rein In Speculation The merger market is like a pack of lemmings. DealBook: As Economy Goes, So Go Takeovers, Even as Bargains Abound 2011-10-18T23:28:26Z Therefore, the baculum, in these assumedly primitive genera, would be expected to resemble the baculum in the lemmings or at least the most primitive lemmings. The Baculum in Microtine Rodents 2011-11-17T03:00:33.777Z Hobson and two men encamped out for three days in order to scour the country; they have only seen one hare and one lemming! In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z Another day of meetings passes, with talk of walrus and arctic fish and lemmings. Taking the Arctic Plunge 2011-07-29T21:17:30Z Everywhere were seen the traces of the fox and the lemming. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Players on astronomical salaries will flee like lemmings. Darren Clarke may need to teach Rory McIlroy a bit about attitude 2011-07-18T22:00:02Z Voles of the genus Microtus vary in the structure of the baculum almost as much as do the lemmings. The Baculum in Microtine Rodents 2011-11-17T03:00:33.777Z There he lay, like a lemming that had lost a foot, in the dark night, in the midst of the desolate wilderness where no one lived for many miles around. Top of the World Stories for Boys and Girls Translated from the Scandinavian Languages 2011-06-21T02:00:28.070Z If climate change results in habitat changes and it affects the lemmings, it will show up in the snowy owls because 90 percent of their diet is lemmings. Scientist At Work denver Holt: Getting Wise to the Owl, a Charismatic Sentry in Climate Change 2011-05-23T21:59:14Z Probably the only similar expansion by a rodent is seen in the lemmings in the northern hemisphere with their eruptions. Australian rats scurry to desert 2011-04-07T03:54:08Z I went to Australia and played like a lemming. Geoff Boycott sparks controversy with remarks on Mike Yardy depression 2011-03-24T12:12:25Z The lemming and the musk ox found a home, and the wild horse pranced about unrestrained by the hand of man. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z "The reason we're fighting this is because this is an industry where competitors are often like lemmings," Mitchell says. Why Travelers Could Lose in American's Online Ticket War 2011-01-06T08:00:00Z "He has looked so devoid of energy that it is doubtful, in his present mood, that he could inspire lemmings to jump off a cliff," Paul Mahoney wrote of Pavin in the Independent. Monday Qualifier 2010-10-04T04:00:00Z “I don’t think this will be an election where people will just go out like lemmings and vote the way they have in the past.” New York Republicans Struggle to Raise Cash 2010-07-17T04:50:00Z The lemmings are heading for the cliff, and there seems to be no stopping them now. For the Lib-Cons, this is an excuse to shrink the state 2010-06-16T19:59:00Z Like lemmings following me over a cliff, so did you. World Cup 2010: The People v Barry Glendenning 2010-06-11T14:29:00Z I'm confident I have this in the bag – looking around oncoming corners like crazy – until Jenny points out I picked what is known as the "lemming line". Jenny Copnall: My two-wheeled personal mountain bike trainer 2010-03-31T12:04:00Z Most of the lemmings who flooded South Street Saturday night—summoned by Twitter—were there to just chill with friends and goof around. Kelley: Did Black Kids Ruin Flash Mobs? 2010-03-26T22:04:00Z And it often leads to a digitally enabled “lemming effect,” she added. The Media Equation: Location Is Being Redefined for the Digital Age 2010-03-21T23:56:00Z Those doing worse include the Atlantic cod, lemmings, the brown bear and the polar bear in the western Hudson Bay. Arctic Animals Doing Better, But Not Close to Pole 2010-03-18T14:23:00Z Disillusioned now more than ever, I sought refuge from Facebook's celebrity lemmings. 2010-02-05T19:20:00Z Every five years lemming numbers collapse to 20% of their peak numbers. 2010-01-17T23:02:00Z Remarks.—The northern bog lemming is evidently not generally distributed along the Alaska Highway but may be locally numerous in cover of grass and sedge especially in marsh and bog habitat. Mammals taken Along the Alaska Highway Cue the lemmings and viral things might happen. The Media Equation: Location Is Being Redefined for the Digital Age 2010-03-21T23:56:00Z The Arctic foxes live chiefly on lemmings, small animals which are found quite plentifully in the far north, but in captivity they thrive on fish and cooked corn meal. Fur Farming A book of Information about Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc. "The lion and the spotted hy�na, the mammoth and rhinoceros, were found with the marmot, the suslik, the lemming, the pica, and the reindeer." The History of the European Fauna If you can arouse a measurable opposition to racial suicide—measurable, mind you; we're not requiring that you reverse the lemming march alone—we agree to release your wife and revise our policy completely. At the Post Or why a lemming plunges recklessly into the sea with his multitudes of fellows, if, indeed, the venture were to turn out grimly. Voyage To Eternity He was very prettily marked about the face and tail, so I concluded that he was not a common rat, but probably a lemming. The Intellectual Life Voles, mice and lemmings; problems in population dynamics. Subspeciation in the Meadow Mouse, Microtus montanus, in Wyoming and Colorado Within three months the heights and low grounds of the tundra teem with lemmings, just as our fields do with mice under similar circumstances. The History of the European Fauna He thought, these pigs must be like lemmings, deliberately trying to destroy their own race, to commit geno-suicide. The Planet with No Nightmare Mr. Crotch has thrown new light on some of the habits of the lemming. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 In the autumn of 1952, I obtained a southern bog lemming, Synaptomys cooperi, at Rock Creek State Fish Hatchery, Dundy County, in extreme southwestern Nebraska. A New Bog Lemming (Genus Synaptomys) From Nebraska It is also a great lover of lemmings, and in the destruction of these quadruped pests does infinite service to the agriculturist. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 6 June, 1897 This community of mind is seen in such an instance as that of the migrating lemmings from the Scandinavian peninsula. Under the Maples As the lemmings, which have overpopulated the Scandinavian valleys, go on the march they are followed by birds and beasts of prey, which thin their ranks. Introduction to the Science of Sociology A new theory has been broached to explain the migrations of the Norway lemming, a variety of field mouse. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 And God who clears the grounding berg and steers the grinding floe, He hears the cry of the little kit-fox and the lemming on the snow. The Seven Seas To the farmer, who has some claim to priority of verdict, it is a curse, even as the rabbit in Australia, the lemming in Norway, or the locust in Algeria. Birds in the Calendar This suicidal act of the lemmings strikes one as a kind of insanity. Under the Maples Yes, he "Who clears the grounding berg And guides the grinding floe, He hears the cry of the little kit fox And the lemming of the snow!" How I Know God Answers Prayer The Personal Testimony of One Life-Time No conceivable advantage to the lemming is known to have ever resulted from these long and arduous marches. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 The food of this fox is various, but seems to consist principally of lemmings and of birds and their eggs. Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. There are several species of foxes, and no less than thirty of lemmings, marmots, and squirrels, all of which are to be found within the more northern latitudes of the New World. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America But there is a peculiarity about the lemming which makes the country-folk of Norway more afraid of him than of any other animal. Peeps at Many Lands: Norway It consisted of a box carefully constructed of broad stout planks, fixed to the ground with earthfast stakes and cross-bars, so that neither beasts of prey nor lemmings could get through. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II There are several species of lemmings belonging to the northern section of the Old Continent—in Eastern Russia and Asia. Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys The exile had been designed to prove, in the drastic laboratory of three thousand years, that Man by himself headed like a lemming for self-destruction. Pagan Passions A lemming stirs the fern and in the mosses Eft-minded things feel the air change, and dawn Tolls out from the dark belfries of the spruces. Lundy's Lane and Other Poems The farmers try to destroy them, but they soon give up the attempt, as for days and days the lemmings come on in great waves, eating up the grass and the crops wherever they pass. Peeps at Many Lands: Norway Mammalia were represented by the bear already mentioned, and by the reindeer and the lemming, whose traces and dung were seen on the plains. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II The Polar bear, the Arctic fox, the glutton, the lemming, the snow-hare, and the reindeer are the animals in the cold north. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People The number of bones usually found in the basement indicates that a great variety of ducks, fish, hares, lemming, and stoats are regularly eaten, and that the average fox family does not want for food. The Human Side of Animals Still the reindeer frequents it for its lichens, and on the drier slopes of the moraine deposits four species of lemming, hunted by the Canis lagopus, find quarters. Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers We saw several species of gulls, a snowy owl—which by the way was very shy—a few lemmings, and the tracks of foxes and of bears. The First Landing on Wrangel Island With Some Remarks on the Northern Inhabitants At one place we found a large number of lemming passages excavated through the snow in an oblique direction towards the ground. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Within three days Asgard the Beautiful was left to the lemming and the raven. Days of the Discoverers One of the most unusual instances of such co-operation is that of the lemmings of the Scandinavian countries. The Human Side of Animals Arctic hares, rabbits, rein-deer; and the lemming, in some parts of the interior. Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume II. "Charlotte rusks an' lemming turnover!" she announced, searching his face for some sign of joy, her own face lighting up perceptibly. The Girl of the Golden West On the other hand we found traces of hares, ptarmigan, and a couple of lemmings. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II The locust, the lemming, the phylloxera, are all very insignificant creatures; but, when they act together in numbers, they can very soon devastate a district. Side Lights Other rodents are frequent—squirrels, musk-rats, mice, voles, lemmings, hares and porcupines. Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador An Address Presented by Lt.-Colonel William Wood, F.R.S.C. before the Second Annual Meeting of the Commission of Conservation at Quebec, January, 1911 They all seemed alike—just a herd of Britons, impelled by irrational instinct, like the fate-driven lemmings of Norway, to cross the sea. Jaffery Like the lemmings of Norway and Lapland, they migrate in vast numbers on the occurrence of a scarcity of their ordinary food. Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon The food of the fox appears in winter to consist of hares, ptarmigan, and lemmings. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II At home I live chiefly on lemmings, which are a sort of clumsy, short-tailed field-mice, not good for anything but to be eaten. Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners And—like these Norway lemmings—had rushed into the Thames at Tilbury, men, women, and children, and been drowned, I should say, 'I am very pleased to hear it.' Fan : the story of a young girl's life It is called the lemming, or Norwegian mouse; it comes from the ridge of Kolen; and sometimes spreads desolation, like the locust. The World of Waters A Peaceful Progress o'er the Unpathed Sea They went off yesterday morning and left me a lemming to live upon while they were away. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Some bears, as has already been stated, were also seen, and everywhere among the heaps of stones there were numerous remains of the lemming and the fox. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II The effects of a mysterious pie, and some sweetened carbonic acid known to the proprietor of the Half-way House as "lemming sody," still oppressed me. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers He tells of the migrating lemmings of Norway that plunge into the sea and drown in vast numbers because of their instinct to swim lakes and rivers in the course of their migrations. Revolution, and Other Essays "Is there not a destructive little animal, native of Norway, called a lemming?" The World of Waters A Peaceful Progress o'er the Unpathed Sea "Fetch me a willow grouse or a lemming, do you hear?" The Wonderful Adventures of Nils The descent to an untouched lemming nest was cylindrical, and four and a half centimetres in diameter. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II The one nuisance we had met was mice or lemmings. Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador The effects of a mysterious pie, and some sweetened carbonic acid known to the proprietor of the "Half-Way House" as "lemming sody," still oppressed me. Legends and Tales Of the lemming I have seen three varieties, viz. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II "Why do grouse and lemming run and hide when they see my shadow on the cliff?" he queried. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils I have twice seen holes in the snow about a metre deep and at the mouth not more than thirty centimetres wide, which the Chukches said were excavated by foxes searching for lemmings. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II The ground besides is at certain places so thickly strewed with lemming dung, that it must have a considerable influence on the condition of the soil. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II The insects occur partly under stones, especially at places where lemming dung is abundant, or in tracts where birds'-nests are numerous, partly in warm days on willow-bushes. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II On Spitzbergen the snowy owl is very rare; but on Novaya Zemlya and the North coast of Asia—where the lemming, which is wanting on Spitzbergen, occurs in great crowds—it is common. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II |
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