TIL that the film which helped give rise to the popular misconception, that Lemmings commit mass suicide by jumping off cliffs and into the ocean, was a 1958 nature "documentary" by Walt Disney.en.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-link ᗪIᐯEᖇGEᑎTᕼᗩᖇᗰOᑎIᑕᔕ ( @DivergentHarmonics@sopuli.xyz ) Today I learned@lemmy.ml • 1 year ago message-square1fedilinkarrow-up115
arrow-up115external-linkTIL that the film which helped give rise to the popular misconception, that Lemmings commit mass suicide by jumping off cliffs and into the ocean, was a 1958 nature "documentary" by Walt Disney.en.m.wikipedia.org ᗪIᐯEᖇGEᑎTᕼᗩᖇᗰOᑎIᑕᔕ ( @DivergentHarmonics@sopuli.xyz ) Today I learned@lemmy.ml • 1 year ago message-square1fedilink
minus-square daedramachine ( @daedramachine@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink2•1 year agoWhen I was in school I remember being told they threw the lemmings off manually, which is some breathtakingly horrible animal cruelty.
When I was in school I remember being told they threw the lemmings off manually, which is some breathtakingly horrible animal cruelty.