{"id":13056,"date":"2005-11-17T22:42:00","date_gmt":"2005-11-17T22:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2005\/11\/17\/new-lemur-species-named-after-john-cleese\/"},"modified":"2005-11-17T22:42:00","modified_gmt":"2005-11-17T22:42:00","slug":"new-lemur-species-named-after-john-cleese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2005\/11\/17\/new-lemur-species-named-after-john-cleese\/","title":{"rendered":"New Lemur Species Named After John Cleese"},"content":{"rendered":"

In honor of the “promotion of the plight of lemurs in the movie Fierce Creatures<\/i> and documentary Operation Lemur with John Cleese<\/i>,” a new species of lemur has been named after John Cleese<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The avahi cleesei<\/i>, which weighs less than two pounds and eats leaves, was discovered in Western Madagascar in 1990 by a team led by anthropologist Urs Thalmann and his colleague Thomas Geissman of Zurich University.
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The lemur’s long legs are the only physical attribute it shares with Cleese<\/a>, Thalmann told New Scientist magazine. “Woolly lemurs can’t really walk \u2014 but they do enjoy silly jumps,” he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hopefully you all got the Silly Walks<\/a> reference… \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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tags: nature<\/a> humor<\/a> <\/div>\n
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In honor of the “promotion of the plight of lemurs in the movie Fierce Creatures and documentary Operation Lemur with John Cleese,” a new species of lemur has been named after John Cleese: The avahi cleesei, which weighs less than two pounds and eats leaves, was discovered in Western Madagascar in 1990 by a team … <\/p>\n

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