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Published online 1 June 2000 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news000601-10
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Why cycling lemmings crash
The number of small rodents can go down as well as up. This, says John Whitfield, is because a hungry lemming gathers no moss.
Lemmings. Furry? Yes. Cute? Undoubtedly.
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