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All of the lemurs at the DLC are special, but only a few of them sparkle!

Meet The Crystal Skull for #FossilFriday a 4,600 year old greater bamboo lemur discovered in a cave in the Ankarana area of northern Madagascar.

Ankarana is really far away from the places where the highly endangered greater bamboo lemur lives today. This skull tells us this species is capable of thriving in more diverse environments than you might think if you just had the living record of lemurs.

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⏰ Good morning, everyone! Why not start your day with some lemur learning? 🤓

Tune in at 10:00 AM EST for DLC-SAVA program coordinator James Herrera's talk on how the pandemic is affecting our conservation operations in Madagascar.

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Duke Lemur Center SAVA Conservation Update: Adapting and Responding to Coronavirus

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Duke Lemur Center SAVA Conservation Update: Adapting and Responding to Coronavirus - Seat of your pants

2 days ago

Madagascar, conservation, and covid, oh my!! Tomorrow's weekly virtual talk with DLC-SAVA program coordinator James Herrera will be a timely update on how the global pandemic is impacting Madagascar and our conservation projects on the ground.

Be sure to tune in tomorrow morning at 10:00 AM EST - the presentation will stream live on Facebook AND YouTube, so you can ask James questions in real-time on either platform!

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The global coronavirus pandemic has been highlighting the important links between public health, economics, agriculture, and the environment. As coronavirus cases in Madagascar are slowly, but steadil...

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Summer/Fall 2020 News from Duke Lemur Center

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Our newest e-newsletter has been released, and boy -- we've been busy! As our Director notes, COVID-19 has neither slowed our work nor softened our mission.

A huge THANK YOU to our donors and supporters for making our work possible! Together, we'll never know a world without lemurs <3

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Infants, new species discovered, gala, virtual tours IN THIS ISSUE: #BabyWeek2020, 2020 gala plans, new lemur species discovered, free online educational series, COVID-19 in Madagascar Letter from the...

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I got that this morning

4 days ago

It’s official! At 30 years, 7 months of age, Coquerel’s sifaka Constantine (on loan from the DLC to the St. Louis Zoo) has officially broken the longevity record for a sifaka born within human care! 🎉 Congratulations to Constantine and to the St. Louis Zoo!

The record was previously held by the DLC’s Nigel, who passed away at 30 years, 6 months and 26 days old. Nigel was the sire of Jovian, who was famous as #Zoboomafoo -- the leaping, prancing otherworldly star of the PBS Kids show by the same name, hosted by brothers Martin and Chris Kratt.

Constantine was born at the Duke Lemur Center on 28 December 1989 and was loaned to the SLZ in September 2001. Over the course of his breeding career, Constantine sired 21 infants -- significantly more than the next most successful sifaka males Tiberius and Trajan, who sired 17 infants each.

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Yay Constantine! I work with him in Saint Louis! He’s such a good guy and still as spry today as when I met him 10 years ago! Thanks for highlighting him!!!

Congrats to Constantine! Hoping this handsome guy keeps setting records!

Nigel was my favorite when I volunteered at DLC a thousand years ago. What a sweetie.

Wow. We may have seen him early on.

Carol Nance Gaa Ben Moeller-Gaa Andy Gaa At the St. Louis Zoo!

Love !! I really, really need to see him in real life !! ❤

Tiffany Hudson Zenobia will live forever!!

Amazing

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Check out this handsome fella Thio Constantine

Will Wyland

Yay! My fav kind of lemur

Amazing!

Gorgeous!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Congratulations to Constantine!

4 days ago

New (free!) virtual lesson alert!!
For more than a century paleontologists have excavated giant lemurs from the caves and rocks of Madagascar. But, the giant lemur record only goes back a few thousand years. Where are the missing fossils? Why do some places preserve dinosaurs and other places preserve shells, but no lemurs? Join paleontologist Dr. Matt Borths as we discover how paleontologists know where to look for fossils.

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Weekly Virtual Lesson - Finding (and not finding) Fossils in Madagascar

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Should I go there?

1 week ago

Aye-ayes use their unique middle fingers to tap on wood, listening for insects under the bark. After chewing a small hole in the wood, the aye-aye uses her tapping finger to grab the insect larvae that comprise most of this nocturnal lemur's diet.

While this papaya is certainly not full of insects, it's an enriching and tasty treat for Endora, who shows off that multipurpose tool!

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She really is enjoying the fruit bless x

Beautiful! Thank you for sharing!!

Awww the cutest thing ever!!!!

Michael Krupp II Sophia Yackel seeing this made me think of our lemur convo - check out Endora using her cool tapping finger!

My favorite lemur.

Endora ❤️❤️❤️

me as a lemur

Thanks for sharing. Love to see more of the aye-ayes

♥️

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This is equally creepy & fascinating! 👍🏽

1 week ago

Some geology. Some fossils. Some silly faces. Most Importantly, some questions! Tune in today at 10:00 AM EST -- 20 minutes from now -- to learn more about Madagascar's missing fossils! 💀🇲🇬 ... See MoreSee Less

Finding – and not finding – Fossils in Madagascar

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NEW SPECIES ALERT! 📣 Meet Jonah’s mouse lemur, Microcebus jonahi! This tiny (60-gram) primate is the 25th recognized species of mouse lemur and the 108th recognized species of lemur.

Jonah’s mouse lemur lives in northeastern Madagascar, including within the protected Mananara National Park. The species was named after Malagasy primatologist Dr. Jonah Ratsimbazafy, one of the most respected and beloved figures in lemur conservation (and plenary speaker at the DLC’s 50th anniversary scientific symposium - see link in comments!). We can think of no one more deserving of the honor.

This was a huge undertaking with a total of 29 authors from six countries, and years of field work followed by two years (plus) of genomic data production and analysis. Tip of the hat to Duke Lemur Center research scientist Dr. Marina Blanco and to the Yoder Lab at Duke University, headed by Dr. Anne Yoder, former director of the Duke Lemur Center (2006-2018)!

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We saw 2 species of mouse lemurs when we were in Madagascar! Just the MOST amazing creatures! What a fabulous photo! And I so much want to save them to always be on Planet Earth and on the island of Madagascar!

My son’s name is Jonah! Even at age 24, he will be thrilled to hear this news of discovery! We live in Ohio. When travel can happen again, Duke Lemur Center remains top on my list! ❤️👍

Link to Dr. Jonah Ratsimbazafy's talk at the DLC's 50th anniversary scientific symposium in 2016: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8whek4ce8DU&list=PLUVAON6vV9yGJp38gOzLxCdUNzQuiQk1o&index=25

Omg this is so awesome that new species are still being discovered. ❤️

This is the way I feel that I look when heading outside trying to bypass the crazed neighbors.

Great big eyes, how adorable <3

New species of Lemur !! ❤❤ Lemurs are angels !

This is incredible news!!!!

Is it acceptable to say - lemurs, including Jonah’s mouse lemur, are so stinkin’ cute!! ❤️

He’s so cute and little 💖

Jonah, Jonah, Jonah. You are one rockin' mouse lemur.

Link to paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ajp.23180

They are so cute!

Peggy Stocker Hoppe

So cute! ❤️

Conservation Queens HUGE CONSERVATION NEWS

Michelle Larsen does this have anything to do w your thesis?

What a face! ❤

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Wow!!!

😘😘😘

MK Craver NEW TINY BABY

Jonah Eckford

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Zoraya

1 week ago

Attention local (Durham, NC) lemur lovers! 🎉 While we remain closed to the public for tours, we're excited to announce new contactless curbside pick-up for merchandise orders! 🎉

Browse our catalog at
lemur.duke.edu/merchandise and see how your purchase helps us care for our lemurs, too!

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wow who's that model?!?! her smize is off the charts...

Definitely will order if you offer shipping❤️

Definitely need shipping!!! Louisiana needs these!

I will be buying a lot and be there to pick it up next week!! (I will gladly pick up for people in the Apex/Holly Springs /Fuquay-Varina areas for you)

Adding myself to the would-literally-buy-all-this-when-you-get-to-ship mode 💙💙😭

I will buy everything once shipping is available!!!

Yes I’d love to do shipping!!!!!

I’m in for shipping, too! Let me know!

I am do the happy happy dance right now

So many cute items! If only I had a car to do pick-up. Hope shipping will be available in time for Christmas gifts.

YAY! I will be in town next week!! Any extra stickers from the Stay Away 5k? I put mine on my laptop and then promptly fried said laptop with a huge bottle of water.

I wish I were local

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I am not able to get in touch with you about this but I am

Missourians want this!! Please do shipping!!

I really wish you guys would ship... Washington State is in need of DLC gear.

I have been to the DLC twice as part of the Keeper for a Day program years ago so picked up some tees & cap then. Had a remarkable time with your Aye-Ayes. David Haring was kind enough to take photos of my sister & I and used one to advertise the program. I would love to order from Brooklyn your new apparel. Any chance since you don't ship that you could sell it through the University's Bookstore since they sell DLC tees/gifts & ship? Good luck in your essential work!

Please let me know once you’re able to offer shipping! Would love to purchase a few items 🙂

😳😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😁😁😁😁😁😁 She is modeling my mask!!!!!! ❤️ 😍 😍 😍 😍 😍 😍 😍

Any more Zoboomafoo merch? Let me know!