I wonder if you have done something outrageous and crazy because of rumors?
In 2011, affected by the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident caused by the earthquake in Japan, some capital saw the business opportunity, so they released rumors everywhere, saying that salt may be in short supply, salt may be contaminated in the future, no salt is available, etc., in addition, because iodine-containing substances can prevent nuclear radiation, under the addition of capital and vinegar, resulting in the phenomenon of people queuing up to buy salt in many parts of the country, and there is a spread trend, people in some areas blindly rush to buy iodized salt.
At that time, when I came back from reading, I found that my grandmother bought a sack of salt at home, and she still bought it at a high price, you can imagine how great the impact of this matter was!
Later, rumors such as the Great Wall could be seen on the moon circulated in all directions, and some people still believe it.
The appearance of these rumors, we can also blame some bad companies, then the textbook rumors, who to blame?
There is a small animal in this world that reproduces very quickly - lemmings. Lemmings are very common, cute mammals that live in the Arctic all year round, with an oval body shape, short legs, small ears and soft hair. Except for the tail, the whole body is 10~18 cm long. Lemmings are the most fertile of all known animals in the world, they can give birth to 7~8 litters a year, each litter can give birth to 12 cubs, and it only takes more than 20 days, the cubs can mature and begin to give birth.
In other words, if a pair of lemmings start in March, by the beginning of August and September, they will become a huge team of 1647086! Even due to climate, disease and natural enemies, half of them died halfway, and there were 820,000 more.
The so-called success is also Xiao and defeat! The number of lemmings multiplies too fast, the number is too large, the density is getting higher and higher, after reaching a certain density, for example, after hundreds of them per hectare, a strange phenomenon occurs: at this time, almost all lemmings suddenly become restless, they run around, noisy, and stop eating, as if a catastrophe is imminent, the end of the world is coming. At this time, lemmings are no longer timid and fearful, but are extremely manic, not only aggressive, attacking companions, but also provoking natural enemies, becoming very abnormal.
What is even more difficult to explain is that at this time, even their skin color will change significantly, from gray and black to bright orange, making it particularly eye-catching. The only possible and plausible explanation for all these strange phenomena added up is that they do everything possible to attract the attention of natural predators such as owls, skuas, gray-black seagulls, thick-legged vultures, arctic foxes and even polar bears, so that they can devour and consume them in more ways is no different from suicide.
And the number of their natural enemies is always limited, no matter how to expose themselves has little effect, every time, they will inexplicably show a very strong sense of migration, gathered together, gradually form a large group, at first they run around aimlessly, when the group reaches a certain number, it seems that there is a clear guidance, they begin to set out in one direction, mighty, they wade through mountains and rivers, more and more courageous, until they come to the sea, they are still not afraid, One after another, they jumped down until they were swallowed up by the raging waves and the whole army was destroyed.
Note that lemmings themselves swim, jump into the sea to migrate, not to commit suicide, in the process of migration, naturally a large number of lemmings will die, more lemmings die of exhaustion in the sea, this is a natural phenomenon.
And our textbook has an excerpt from the famous "Lemming Mystery", which reads as follows:
But I couldn't laugh at all, and fell into a confused musiveness. On this planet, all living things are competing for survival, and how can those poor lemmings find ways to kill themselves? If you know this, why bother! If you don't breed in large numbers, you can't avoid this tragedy! They cross mountains and wade through waters, go forward and follow, and march bravely along a straight route, never detouring, let alone stopping. Running all the way to the sea, still fearless, jumping down, engulfed by the raging waves, until the whole army was destroyed. It can be seen that they seem to be acting according to some strict instructions, unmistakably seeing the sea as their ultimate destination. "When they are about to undergo a great migration, they cannot forget to leave a small number of companions to watch over the family and take on the sacred task of passing on the lineage. This seems to be providence. But humans should perhaps learn something from lemmings. For example, if humans also reproduce without restraint, they may one day have to follow the path of lemmings.
The idea that lemmings jumping into the sea is suicide is actually an artistically processed rumor.
The truth of the matter is actually very simple
It is because lemmings cannot control the population population, resulting in an infinite expansion of the population, at this time, they are manic to compete for territory, but also to attract natural predators. Groups of lemmings that failed competition were forced to migrate elsewhere. Due to the fragmentation of the Arctic Circle, migration often requires crossing waters, so the practice of lemmings jumping into the sea en masse has occurred. They are not suicides, but migrations, and of course some of them die.
A 2003 paper published in science has confirmed that lemmings commit suicide wrong: Gilg O, Hanski I, Sittler B. Cyclic dynamics in a simple vertebrate predator-prey community[J]. Science, 2003, 302(5646): 866-868。
The documentary you see is a very cruel forgery, which has long been exposed.