In 1958, Disney released a wildlife documentary called "White Wilderness." One scene depicts a tiny, brown-furred rodent — a lemming — scuttling about in the Arctic snow. "There is an actual living legend," the narrator declares, before diving into an explanation of the so-called lemming suicide myth.
In a turn of events, the film shows large numbers of lemmings falling down a cliff. The survivors swim out into the Arctic Ocean, where they eventually die, according to the narrator. So is this portrayal accurate? Do lemmings really kill themselves in droves?
