Lucrezia Windu invites you to master the force AND support interns at the DLC! ✨
➡️ lemur.duke.edu/darkside
Star Wars Day (May the 4th) is coming up soon! Celebrate with us by ordering our limited edition "Welcome to the Dark Side" shirt! Donations raised through this t-shirt promotion will go directly toward the DLC Internship Program, supporting student opportunities that equip the next generation of environmental stewards with hands-on experience and mentorship. The DLC summer internship program is a transformative experience for undergraduate students, providing practical training in field research, husbandry, animal welfare, environmental education, science communications, and fossil collection management. The students who come from all over the country to participate in the ten-week program are passionate about exploring careers in the field and contributing to the mission of the DLC 🌱
Until 2022, all DLC internships were unpaid. Summer ’22 was the first year we were able offer some funded intern positions, thanks to support received from donors to cover interns’ hourly compensation for the 10-week program. Our goal is to have a fully funded internship program, removing barriers to participation and allowing students to fully immerse themselves in the intern experience without worry of finding other ways to make money during the summer ☺️
“Dark Side” t-shirt sales will go directly towards funding positions for future DLC interns. With your help, we will bring more students to the “Dark Side”! Be sure to order your shirts soon for the best chance of receiving them in time to wear on May 4th. Visit lemur.duke.edu/darkside to learn more and order now (free shipping on us!) 🌙
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POV: you’re a ring-tailed lemur spending a relaxing afternoon out in the forest 😌
Ring-tailed lemurs Sprite, Lulu, Seagrams, and Schweppes are a small troop who enjoy sunbathing, fresh muscadine grape leaves, birdsong, and long walks through the woods. Mother-daughter pair Sprite and Lulu are in charge, and twin brothers Seagrams and Schweppes defer to the dominant females 🍃
Need help telling them apart? Matriarch Sprite wears a radio collar so that our husbandry staff can track the troop, Lulu has dark orange eyes, and both boys have paler yellow eyes 👁️
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Gad Zooks! This family has names that make me think they are one big celebrating crew. And, of course, a mother-daughter pair are in charge.
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🤩 TOMORROW 🤩
Good news: we have the weather and staffing to run an off-season General Tour this Saturday 5/4! Like our summer General Tours (which officially begin next weekend), this tour is an open house format, and guests can arrive at any time before 11:30am to walk around and see the lemurs. Because the lemurs' housing needs may mildly affect their visibility to guests, we are offering a discounted off-season rate of $12 per person (children 2 and under are free) 🥳
Tickets MUST be purchased in advance to attend! Tickets and information are available on our website at lemur.duke.edu/GT
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Fat-tailed dwarf lemurs 🥺🥰
Lemurs, like most primates, have nails instead of claws! Most lemur species, including fat-tailed dwarf lemurs, have just two claws—one on the index toe of each of their back feet—called "grooming claws." (If you look closely, you can spot one on this little cutie's visible back foot.) Grooming claws help our furry friends clean themselves in spots their tooth combs can't reach, including their ears and noses 👃
One of our species is a notable exception, with claws on all twenty of their digits. Do you know which one? 👀
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Gorgeous Fat tailed Lemur. . Is it the Aye Aye
Those cute itty bitty fingers! I just can’t!
So adorable! Love the little fingers!
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Happy May! Grendelkin Skywalker is here to remind you that you still have three more days to join the dark side AND support interns at the DLC! ✨
➡️ lemur.duke.edu/darkside
Star Wars Day (May the 4th) is coming up THIS SATURDAY! Celebrate with us by ordering our limited edition "Welcome to the Dark Side" shirt! Donations raised through this t-shirt promotion will go directly toward the DLC Internship Program, supporting student opportunities that equip the next generation of environmental stewards with hands-on experience and mentorship. The DLC summer internship program is a transformative experience for undergraduate students, providing practical training in field research, husbandry, animal welfare, environmental education, science communications, and fossil collection management. The students who come from all over the country to participate in the ten-week program are passionate about exploring careers in the field and contributing to the mission of the DLC 🌱
“Dark Side” t-shirt sales will go directly towards funding positions for future DLC interns. With your help, we will bring more students to the “Dark Side”! Visit lemur.duke.edu/darkside to learn more and order now (free shipping on us!) 🌙 ... See MoreSee Less
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Y'all have fun!!
Great news: our lemurs moved out to their summer tour path housing this morning! 🌇
Our silo housing along our General Tour path allows our lemur pairs plenty of fresh air, vertical space to climb, and structural enrichment to explore! For experienced pairs like crowned lemur brothers Nedjem and Shezmu and ring-tailed lemur siblings Berisades and Persephone, returning to the silos involves lot of scent marking to reestablish territory. And for new pairs like mongoose lemurs Bonita and Juanito, it’s a whole new world! 💙
Want to visit the lemurs this summer? Be sure to book tickets on our website at lemur.duke.edu/onsite-tours in advance! Tickets for May and June are already available, and tickets for July will be posted next Tuesday (May 7th) at 11 AM ET 🤗
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I'm thinking of making the trek there in end of July or early August .. are those good months to visit the center? Also, can I take more than one tour per day? I was thinking a Private Tour and a Lemur Path Tour and then the next day the Behind-the-Scenes tour.
I have got to come see all these amazing and beautiful babies soon!❤️
They are so beautiful ❤️
Chasing off the Sunday scaries with red ruffed lemur Buzz 💐
This young dad lives with breeding partner Ruby and their two-year-old twins, Kitt and Hubble. Buzz is a sweetheart who enjoys snacking on tasty flowers, finger painting with his family, and lounging in the summer sun 🌤
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"shoosh! Be very, very quiet. I'm hunting Heffer lumps and woozles!" 🤫🥰😎
Happy Sunday, you handsome guy!! Buzz, I hope you and your family are enjoying a lovely day❤️
What a great family.
Crowned lemur Aria is excited to let y'all know that we have opened up more Private Tours in May! 🤩
The Private Tour is a personalized version of our General Tour—visiting the same animals along the tour path, but with one dedicated tour guide just for you and your small group. Got an enthusiastic, lemur-loving kid in your family that is sure to keep us busy with fantastic questions? What about a curious, nature-loving group of friends looking for a fun activity? This tour experience is perfect for any age range or familiarity with lemurs, since your tour guide can cater their delivery to your group’s interests and questions. This tour can be up to 90 minutes, but your guide will adjust that timing based on your group’s interests and preferences 💙
➡️ lemur.duke.edu/engage/onsite-tours/private-tours
We have a variety of Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday morning time slots available! Private Tours are a flat rate of $175 (plus tax), and group size can range from 1-15 individuals. Book now on our website! 😱
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Aria. Thank you beautiful ❤️
Jerome Kyle Balachowski do it 💯
Celebrating #ThrowbackThursday with mongoose lemur Carolina 🥰
Did you get a chance to meet Carolina on our tour path last summer? Enjoy this #tbt to summer 2010, when baby Carolina tried sweetgum leaves for the first time, and a comparison photo from summer 2023 of our lovely mongoose lemur lady enjoying a fig 🌿
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Carolina, you are gorgeous as both a baby and grown up! It looks like you were thoroughly enjoy both treats❤️
Carolina you are cute. ❤️❤️
Like me, she wants her name pronounced correctly! 😂
Lucrezia Windu invites you to master the force AND support interns at the DLC! ✨
➡️ lemur.duke.edu/darkside
Star Wars Day (May the 4th) is coming up soon! Celebrate with us by ordering our limited edition "Welcome to the Dark Side" shirt! Donations raised through this t-shirt promotion will go directly toward the DLC Internship Program, supporting student opportunities that equip the next generation of environmental stewards with hands-on experience and mentorship. The DLC summer internship program is a transformative experience for undergraduate students, providing practical training in field research, husbandry, animal welfare, environmental education, science communications, and fossil collection management. The students who come from all over the country to participate in the ten-week program are passionate about exploring careers in the field and contributing to the mission of the DLC 🌱
Until 2022, all DLC internships were unpaid. Summer ’22 was the first year we were able offer some funded intern positions, thanks to support received from donors to cover interns’ hourly compensation for the 10-week program. Our goal is to have a fully funded internship program, removing barriers to participation and allowing students to fully immerse themselves in the intern experience without worry of finding other ways to make money during the summer ☺️
“Dark Side” t-shirt sales will go directly towards funding positions for future DLC interns. With your help, we will bring more students to the “Dark Side”! Be sure to order your shirts soon for the best chance of receiving them in time to wear on May 4th. Visit lemur.duke.edu/darkside to learn more and order now (free shipping on us!) 🌙 ... See MoreSee Less
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I ordered mine and so did my best friend. We both love the lemurs and support the DLC 💗
Oh my gosh!! My SHIRT ARRIVED and it's SOOOOOOOOOOO soft and cuddly! The cotton must be Lemur approved because the quality is magnificent! I'm ordering a second one, just to keep and the other to wear and enjoy!!! 😎🤩😊💫💗
Take in the sunshine with Ferdinand, Gertrude, Fritz, and Narcissa ☀️
Ring-tailed lemur companions Fritz and Narcissa and Coquerel’s sifaka siblings Ferdinand and Gertrude have started spending sunny mornings out in one of our smaller free-ranging enclosures as the North Carolina weather warms up. Both pairs are new to this enclosure, so there’s plenty of exploring to do! 🤩
While we can’t put two groups of the same species out into an enclosure together, as they would get territorial and fight over forest space, we are able to pair compatible species groups to free-range. Ring-tailed lemurs like Fritz and Narcissa are the most terrestrial of our species, spending over 50% of their time on the ground, while Coquerel’s sifakas like Ferdinand and Gertrude (and their father, the late Jovian aka Zoboomafoo) generally prefer to hang out in the trees. This allows the groups to utilize different vertical space within the enclosure, thus reducing competition for tasty snacks 🌿
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Makes me wish I were a ring-tailed lemur 💕
I was in this enclosure today with a volunteer group and it was amazing to see the lemurs exploring their environment (and checking us out too!)
What a beautiful space for them to explore!
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