Why do lemmings commit group suicide?
We always welcome the chance to debunk popular misconceptions and pounced eagerly on your question. Of course, to tell the truth, we had no idea that lemmings didn’t really commit group suicide until we launched a formal investigation into the matter. We began with a search on “lemmings suicide.” The first few results advertised an intriguing sounding book titled Do Lemmings Commit Suicide by Dennis Chitty. Promising to uncover the ugly and inconclusive side of scientific research, it sounded like a fascinating read but didn’t immediately provide our answer. We moved on. Our first clue that lemmings don’t commit group suicide came when we spotted a web page from the Urban Legends Reference Pages in our results. We’ve encountered this site before while researching questions for Ask Yahoo! and
