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Illustration from an article in Popular Science Monthly magazine in 1877) ... This 
does NOT happen: Lemmings do not commit mass suicide by ... a definitive 
answer to why rodent populations boom and bust. ... Related content. [DOC] [TLE] Scientists Find Lemmings Die As Dinners, Not Suicides - The New ... [PAR] Oct 31, 2003 ... Scientists Find Lemmings Die As Dinners, Not Suicides ... over lemmings, the 
northern rodents whose populations surge and crash so quickly ... But they have 
never been certain what causes the rapid boom-and-bust cycles that gave rise to 
it. ... Scientists say such cycles have been an enduring -- and hotly... [DOC] [TLE] Greenland Lemmings' Collapse Pushes Predators to Brink | Science ... [PAR] Sep 11, 2012 ... Science Magazine Logo ... Without lemmings for dinner, stoats and other 
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small ears ... and stoat," he says, noting that these three species are dependent 
on ... collapse of the lemming population cycles in some parts of the Arctic... [DOC] [TLE] It's feast or famine: Predators may drive lemming cycles, Science ... [PAR] Oct 30, 2003 ... Scientists now suggest that these four predators may be solely responsible for ... 
It has been a very, very hot issue," said study author Olivier Gilg of the ... Elton 
published one of his seminal papers on rodent population cycles. ... aided in no 
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areas seeking ... "They don't commit mass suicide: That's a myth popularized by 
an old Walt Disney film," says ... "But lemmings do follow a natural boom-and-
bust cycle. ... one female may have up to 20 pups, and local arctic fox populations 
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injected these mice with chemicals specifically .... Rather than homeostasis, Ward 
argues that the Earth goes through boom-bust cycles, and that... [DOC] [TLE] Leave the Armadillos Alone - Discover Magazine Blogs [PAR] Apr 28, 2011 ... Discover Magazine: The magazine of science, technology, and the future .... 
Armadillos are not alone in carrying diseases dangerous to ... a "guinea pig" for a 
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Question: Science magazine says these rodents' boom-&-bust population cycles are due to predators, not mass suicide
Answer: lemmings