Assertion: lemming | /r/CapableOf | commit mass suicide
Facets:
value: during reproduction
type: TEMPORAL
value: to relieve their overpopulation problems
type: PURPOSE
value: on a regular basis
type: TEMPORAL
value: regularly
type: TEMPORAL
value: to relieve a problem of overpopulation
type: PURPOSE
value: by leaping into the ocean
type: MANNER
value: supposedly
type: OTHER
value: by jumping off the cliffs
type: MANNER
value: wrongly
type: MANNER
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Lemmings are often wrongly said to commit mass suicide by jumping off cliffs.
text: The most popular one is that lemmings commit mass suicide by jumping off the cliffs when they migrate.
text: The lemmings supposedly committing mass suicide by leaping into the ocean were actually thrown off a cliff by the Disney filmmakers.
text: For centuries, people have puzzled over lemmings, the northern rodents whose populations surge and crash so quickly and so regularly that they inspired an enduring myth: that lemmings commit mass suicide when their numbers grow too large, eagerly pitching themselves off cliffs to their death in a foamy sea.
text: They may proceed onto sea or lake ice or jump into the water, which has given rise to the popular conception that they are committing mass suicide to relieve a problem of overpopulation.
text: One of the most widespread misconceptions about lemmings is that they regularly commit mass suicide to relieve their overpopulation problems.
text: Myth: Lemmings commit mass suicide.
text: And of course it's misled many people into thinking that lemmings commit mass suicide on a regular basis.
text: A popular misconception is that the lemming will commit mass suicide during reproduction.
text: If there were too many lemmings in one area, people believed that lemmings committed mass suicide by jumping off cliffs so that the living lemmings would not have to compete for food or shelter.
text: Myth: Lemmings commit mass suicide.
text: This behavior has given rise to folklore about lemmings committing mass suicide, but the population crashes mainly because lemming predators increase in number in response.
text: 11 Lemmings commit mass suicide.
text: Myth: Lemmings commit mass suicide.
text: For example, you've heard that lemmings commit mass suicide.