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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Ringtail Lemurs (by cowyeow) — “We’re packed. Let’s go!”
1901 Lemuroids in Madagascar (by messy_beast)
Common brown lemur (via).
“Is this a dagger which I see before me,
The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee.
I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.”
White fronted brown lemur in trap freed by SIMPONA team. Sweet, sad video. Skip to ~3:30 for the actual freeing.
Lemurs (by VisitingMadagascar)
Sifakas are soft, silky furred Al Jolson lemurs. Their feet are like chameleon feet but with fingers. I’m old fashioned, I don’t think a thumb should be the same size as the whole rest of the hand it’s on, especially if that hand is a foot. They like to climb trees because when they’re standing up everyone can see how short their arms are.
A rendering of the Lemur habitat, to be opened in South Carolina Aquarium’s Madagascar Journey exhibit in May 2012 (via Exotic journey: Madagascar creatures coming to aquarium | The Post and Courier).
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Female Lemurs Benefit From Multiple Mates, Study Suggests
by Jennifer Welsh
While it may not be as socially acceptable among humans, a female choosing to take multiple mates is a common phenomenon in the animal kingdom. But why the practice of polyandry (a female having more than one male mate at a time) is so prominent is still a mystery in most species.
Most theories predict that taking multiple mates would be risky for a female without adding benefits. However, new research finds that in gray mouse lemurs, a type of small primate from Madagascar, healthy females seek out multiple mates in the few hours of one night they are receptive to mating every year. These multiple mates must confer some kind of benefit to the females, though exactly how they benefit is unknown.
“Males get benefits from mating with multiple females, because they can impregnate multiple partners,” study researcher Elise Huchard, of the German Primate Center in Göttingen, told LiveScience. “In most species, females only have a few oocytes [eggs], so mating with multiple males will not increase the number of offspring they will have.”…
(read more: Live Science) (photo: Gabriella Skollar)](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsod2jVlwc1qc6j5yo1_500.jpg)
Female Lemurs Benefit From Multiple Mates, Study Suggests
by Jennifer Welsh
While it may not be as socially acceptable among humans, a female choosing to take multiple mates is a common phenomenon in the animal kingdom. But why the practice of polyandry (a female having more than one male mate at a time) is so prominent is still a mystery in most species.
Most theories predict that taking multiple mates would be risky for a female without adding benefits. However, new research finds that in gray mouse lemurs, a type of small primate from Madagascar, healthy females seek out multiple mates in the few hours of one night they are receptive to mating every year. These multiple mates must confer some kind of benefit to the females, though exactly how they benefit is unknown.
“Males get benefits from mating with multiple females, because they can impregnate multiple partners,” study researcher Elise Huchard, of the German Primate Center in Göttingen, told LiveScience. “In most species, females only have a few oocytes [eggs], so mating with multiple males will not increase the number of offspring they will have.”…
(read more: Live Science) (photo: Gabriella Skollar)
