Lemming Population Flux Solved: Mass Suicide Not to Blame

quogmire writes "Australia's ABC reports that biologists from the Universities of Finland and Freiburg (Germany) have finally solved the question of lemming population fluctuations once thought to be caused by lemmings mass-suiciding by plunging off cliffs. 'Lemming populations, they say, surge spectacularly and fall just as quickly, thanks to the combined feasting of four predators: the stoat, arctic fox, snowy owl and a seabird called the long-tailed skua.' The original article (Login required) is published in Science."

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Who cares!

[mcbunny29]

I mean really, who gives a rat's arse about the Lemmings population flux??!

If the Lemmings were running Linux or if the researchers found the solution playing the Lemmings videograme then maybe I'd be midly interested...