What is it about Joel and lemurs?
Joel and some friends started telling each other jokes about lemurs on one of the bulletin board systems (the late, lamented vtcosy.cns.vt.edu conferencing system) at Virginia Tech back in 1991. Neither Joel nor his friends knew anything about lemurs except that they were from Madagascar and had big eyes. When Joel and company found out there was a research center dedicated to lemurs just a few hours away in Durham, North Carolina, they promptly went down and visited. The Duke University Primate Center turned out to be a really cool place with woods full of lemurs on the hoof and Joel fell in love with the furry little varmints, especially since they were (and still are) gravely endangered in their native habitat and needed help so badly. Joel started campaigning online for donations to DUPC and continued this activity when he moved down to Durham. If you would like to know more about lemurs, you can visit the DUPC home page at http://www.duke.edu/web/primate/index.html and/or discuss
