The nature of the Norwegian lemming: 'bloodthirsty, hairy berserker' | Helen Sullivan

The lemmings didn't jump - they were pushed A Norwegian lemming looks like a larger, slightly cleverer and much more irate hamster. Their underside fur is biscuit-coloured. On top they wear a mottled calico.The BBC, in a 2015 documentary episode in which a lemming repeatedly charges a full sized house cat - and then attacks the rock on to which the house cat has leapt in fear - called them "bloodthirsty, hairy berserkers." Continue reading...