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©2005-2010 ~DanMazkin
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I originally had a whole lot of sketches showing these little guys offing themselves in a variety of ways, but for this piece i chose the 3 examples that sat together best. :D I dont think they've got any real reason to be doing themselves in.............. but then again neither do lemmings, so why should they get all the attention!!!

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:iconacidphish:
haha this is pretty cool, in a twisted irrisistable way :P

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:iconquiche:
Que lastima! STOP THEM! SUICIDE'S NOT THE ANSWER! unless you're stuck in Chemistry
:iconxargon-dragon:
nice one man, it's really well done
:iconashalind:
Actually, lemmings off themselves to control population numbers. Nice pic, too.

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:iconashalind:
Sorry, ignore that coment. I did my researcf properly this time and Lemming suicide is actaully an urban legend. Sometimes when they migrate and numbers are to large, they get pushed off cliffs in the move by others.

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:iconvumnoo:
tehehe... love it dan....

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:icondanmazkin:
Close but not quite right. Lemmings actually migrate in groups, single file, but the little green pricks will just keep walking to their ultimate demise unless you manage to put a bridge infront of them or something. Very frustrating :D
:iconashalind:
Wrong Daniel, wrong. Infact, they travel in groups up to 10 minutes apart. Read this:

Claim: During the filming of the 1958 Disney nature documentary White Wilderness, the film crew induced lemmings into jumping off a cliff and into the sea in order to document their supposedly suicidal behavior.

Origins: Lemming suicide is fiction. Contrary to popular belief, lemmings do not periodically hurl themselves off of cliffs and into the sea. Cyclical explosions in population do occasionally induce lemmings to attempt to migrate to areas of lesser population density. When such a migration occurs, some lemmings die by falling over cliffs or drowning in lakes or rivers. These deaths are not deliberate "suicide" attempts, however, but accidental deaths resulting from the lemmings' venturing into unfamiliar territories and being crowded and pushed over dangerous ledges. In fact, when the competition for food, space, or mates becomes too intense, lemmings are much more likely to kill each other than to kill themselves.

Disney's White Wilderness was filmed in Alberta, Canada, which is not a native habitat for lemmings and has no outlet to the sea. Lemmings were imported for use in the film, purchased from Inuit children by the filmmakers. The Arctic rodents were placed on a snow-covered turntable and filmed from various angles to produce a "migration" sequence; afterwards, the helpless creatures were transported to a cliff overlooking a river and herded into the water. White Wilderness does not depict an actual lemming migration — at no time are more than a few dozen lemmings ever shown on the screen at once. The entire sequence was faked using a handful of lemmings deceptively photographed to create the illusion of a large herd of migrating creatures.

Nine different photographers spent three years shooting and assembling footage for the various segments that comprise White Wilderness. It is not known whether Disney approved or knew about the activities of James R. Simon, the principal photographer for the lemmings sequence.

Nature documentaries are notoriously difficult to film, as wild animals are not terribly cooperative. Many nature shows and films of this era — including Disney's "True-Life Adventure" movies and TV's Wild Kingdom — staged events to capture exciting footage for their audiences. The sight of a few lemmings mistaking a lake or ocean for a stream and drowning after swimming out too far, or being pushed over a cliff during the frenzied rush of migration, has become the basis of a widespread belief that lemmings commit suicide en masse when their numbers grow too large.

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:icondanmazkin:
.......and i thought the moon landing being faked was a scandal!!!!! But seriously, what kind of a sadistic prick herds a bunch of innocent little lemmings off a cliff for a film. I hope karma bit him in the ass. :fork:
:iconnichmekof:
haha thats awsome dan

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