
It implies a wide range of higher cognitive capacities that experts have been wary to ascribe to nonhuman animals such as a concept of self, death, and future intention.There is currently not enough empirical data on the subject for there to be a consensus among experts. Metaphorically speaking, a lemming, in financial markets parlance, refers to an investor who is easily swayed by the irrationality of market price action that is prone to occur at the extremes, and jumps in for fear of missing out on, what they falsely believe, is a golden opportunity. Animal suicide is when an animal intentionally ends its own life through its actions. Lemmings are quite rounded in shape, with brown and black, long, soft fur. The epic 'lemming migration' was staged using careful editing, tight camera angles and a few dozen lemmings running on snow covered lazy-Susan style turntable. Here is a tale of a group of lemmings who made one such journey off a cliff. The lemmings supposedly committing mass suicide by leaping into the ocean were actually thrown off a cliff by the Disney filmmakers. They are the most fascinating of rodents because they make migratory excursions to the sea where they jump off cliffs and commit mass suicide. Conducting the necessary due diligence, or thinking like a contrarian, is a much better strategy than succumbing to a lemming mentality, especially when irrational exuberance seems to have gripped the market.Īccording to urban legend, lemmings are small rodents known for possessing instincts that cause them to, periodically, charge en masse off cliffs, with the end result being their death. Lemmings measure around 1318 cm (57 in) in length and weigh around 2334 g (0.81.2 oz). The lemming is a type of rodent that lives around the Arctic.

According to urban legend, lemmings are small rodents known for possessing instincts that cause them to, periodically, charge en masse off cliffs, with the end result being their death."Lemming" is a disparaging term for an investor who exhibits herd mentality and invests without doing their own research, which often leads to losses.
