Animal of the Day: Lemming!

First a story: One time I was trying to tell josh about lemmings but I forgot their name and called them lennons so I now sometimes imagine a lot of little lemmings running around with John Lennon's face.

Lemmings are arctic rodents.

Lemmings do not hibernate; in the winter they burrow through snow for food and eat grass clippings they store earlier in the year.

Lemming populations fluctuate so violently that they regularly reach numbers near extinction.

Lemmings have very obvious color, and act aggressively towards predators rather than hiding or fleeing.

Many odd misconceptions are and have been held regarding lemmings. Some used to think they fell from the sky and then died when the grass sprung. Currently, many believe lemmings commit mass suicide by running off of cliffs. This misconception was helped spread by a Disney documentary that staged and caused the death of many lemmings. Lemmings do not commit suicide, they do sometimes die during their migrations, but they do not jump off of cliffs.