Brainwaves
The Mysterious Brain of the Fat-Tailed Dwarf Lemur, the World’s Only Hibernating Primate
June 18th, 2012 |
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In the 18th century Carl Linnaeus named them lemurs, after the Latin lemures—spirits of the dead, wandering ghosts. He knew the primates roamed Madagascar’s forests at night, their large eyes brimming with moonlight, their shrill cries crashing through the treetops. One of the smallest lemurs on the island, the fat-tailed dwarf lemur, resembled a phantom [...]
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