In fact, the lemming sequence was filmed in Alberta, a landlocked province where lemmings do not live.
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The movie in question covers a variety of animal behavior purportedly in the Canadian Arctic region. When increasing numbers overwhelm their location, they can and do migrate, crowding up against rivers or lakes, eventually swimming across in packs, and sustaining some drowning deaths. Like many other animals, their population fluctuates greatly, depending on environmental conditions such as availability of food. Lemmings do not commit mass suicide by jumping off cliffs or any other activity. Genetic advances have caused some animal re-classifications by showing how closely or distantly related are various species.Īnswer: The scenes of lemmings jumping into the sea were staged lemming suicide is a myth.Īll authoritative sites, from to Wiki, agree that the animal behavior in this film was staged, and essentially created a myth about lemmings that persists to this day. hedge hogs, like shrews, are members of the order Eulipothypia (literal meaning: fat and blind). Rabbits and hares used to be included as rodents, but have been reclassified into their own order, lagomorpha, chiefly because of different tooth structure and divergent ancestry. It kills said rodents by pecking their necks or skulls until they are immobilized, then eats them piecemeal. A shrike is actually a medium sized bird, notable here only because it is a ruthless and efficient hunter of small rodents. They are classed with moles, and have a similar diet of insects, slugs and worms. Since at least from "The Taming of the Shrew", written by Shakespeare sometime in the early 1590s, shrews, like rats, have gotten a lot of bad publicity, but they are not rodents. Like chipmunks, they are cousins of the common squirrel. Prairie dogs, as most zoo goers are aware, are not dogs but herbivorous, burrowing rodents native to North American grassland plains. Despite its name and its mousey appearance, the musky rat-kangaroo is not a rat, or a mouse, or a kangaroo! It is a small marsupial found only in the rain forests of north eastern Australia. It has grey/brown fur and eats mainly termites. The numbat, aka the walpurti or banded anteater, is a small marsupial mammal native to Western Australia. Wombats are herbivores with powerful claws for digging and sharp teeth.ĭespite their cuddly appearance, they can be aggressive and can move remarkably fast. Interesting that "wombat" and "numbat" are names for real Australian mammals, but they have no connection to the flying mammals known as bats.Ī good look at a wombat shows a chubby ground dwelling marsupial approximately one meter long, with a face and ears reminiscent of a kangaroo or a koala, both of which are relatives.
The three incorrect answers are true statements. It is one of the more common rat species in Australia, and can be found chiefly in the southeast coastal regions. The bush rat IS a rat a small, omniverous, rodent indigenous to Australia.
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