Comments on: Leaping Lemurs http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/leaping-lemurs/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:34:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: I'll go first http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/leaping-lemurs/comment-page-1/#comment-273591 I'll go first Sat, 03 Nov 2007 11:47:45 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/leaping-lemurs/#comment-273591 It's a bunch of Tiggers! It’s a bunch of Tiggers!

]]> By: murre http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/leaping-lemurs/comment-page-1/#comment-272982 murre Fri, 02 Nov 2007 23:25:03 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/leaping-lemurs/#comment-272982 A quick follow-up. I'm not going to research this any further and I definitly don't want to nag about this anymore. No reason to start bickering about something like this. :) As i previously mentioned, I have a hard time believing that lemurs could leap up to 30 meters. 30 meters (about 100 feet) is a hell of a long distance, in fact it's about 60 times the lenght of the animal itself. Wikipedia says Sifaka lemurs can leap up to 10 meters from one tree to another, this seems more realistic. My guess is the producers of the show made a mistake (perhaps even deliberately) and stated the distance in meters instead of feet, as 10 meters is about 30 feet. A quick follow-up.

I’m not going to research this any further and I definitly don’t want to nag about this anymore. No reason to start bickering about something like this. :)

As i previously mentioned, I have a hard time believing that lemurs could leap up to 30 meters. 30 meters (about 100 feet) is a hell of a long distance, in fact it’s about 60 times the lenght of the animal itself.

Wikipedia says Sifaka lemurs can leap up to 10 meters from one tree to another, this seems more realistic. My guess is the producers of the show made a mistake (perhaps even deliberately) and stated the distance in meters instead of feet, as 10 meters is about 30 feet.

]]> By: felix http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/leaping-lemurs/comment-page-1/#comment-272950 felix Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:21:31 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/leaping-lemurs/#comment-272950 these guys are actually quite large when you see them, and when they 'dance', as the tourists say, they can jump over a standing human, and yes, they can jump 30 meters, they launch themselves from a higher branch to a lower one on another tree but still travel like 15-20m in the air between branches. these guys are actually quite large when you see them, and when they ‘dance’, as the tourists say, they can jump over a standing human, and yes, they can jump 30 meters, they launch themselves from a higher branch to a lower one on another tree but still travel like 15-20m in the air between branches.

]]> By: matt http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/leaping-lemurs/comment-page-1/#comment-272874 matt Fri, 02 Nov 2007 20:57:03 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/leaping-lemurs/#comment-272874 ZABOOMAFOO! ZABOOMAFOO!

]]> By: Mr. Picky http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/leaping-lemurs/comment-page-1/#comment-272838 Mr. Picky Fri, 02 Nov 2007 20:25:04 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/leaping-lemurs/#comment-272838 "“They can leap 30 meters with ease.”" "That statement can’t possibly be true, can it?" Yes, when leaping from the top to the bottom of a 30 meter tree. ““They can leap 30 meters with ease.””
“That statement can’t possibly be true, can it?”

Yes, when leaping from the top to the bottom of a 30 meter tree.

]]> By: murre http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/leaping-lemurs/comment-page-1/#comment-272696 murre Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:48:33 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/leaping-lemurs/#comment-272696 "They can leap 30 meters with ease." That statement can't possibly be true, can it? “They can leap 30 meters with ease.”

That statement can’t possibly be true, can it?

]]> By: Chris http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/leaping-lemurs/comment-page-1/#comment-272614 Chris Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:48:23 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/leaping-lemurs/#comment-272614 How did they filmed that, special fx aside? wow. How did they filmed that, special fx aside? wow.

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