Lemmings
resemble small hamsters and can be very common, especially when the snow cover
stays for a long time giving them places to hide by digging tunnels in the
snow.
1989 was
not only the year of heavy snow but also a lemming year. On snow free areas,
almost every rock had a lemming hiding
underneath.
When you
catch a lemming, it will shit in trying to free itself. You better wear a glove
like Jeffy below.
Jeffy with
lemming, shitting in his glove. Eastern Axel Heiberg Island, 1984.
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