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Learn all about paleontology with DLC Museum of Natural History Curator Matt Borths! 🔍
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Next Monday (11/24) from 1:00-1:45pm ET, Exploring By The Seat Of Your Pants will be hosting a livestream with Matt. Matt is a paleontologist who studies the evolution of animals in Africa, particularly the evolution of carnivorous mammals – including some of the oldest meat-eaters to chase down our primate ancestors! As the Curator of the Lemur Center’s Division of Fossil Primates (DFP), he oversees the DFP’s 30,000+ specimens – among them the world’s largest and most important collection of early primates. The DFP’s skeletal specimens of extinct giant lemurs from Madagascar are also unmatched anywhere else in the world 😱
Join us as we explore this irreplaceable fossil collection! 🦴
The only thing prettier than an autumn afternoon in the forest? An autumn afternoon in the forest with ring-tailed lemurs! 🍂
Ring-tailed lemurs Sprite, Lulu, and Seagrams love to lounge in the woods on warm fall days. 24-year-old Sprite is the troop's matriarch, and she lives with 11-year-old daughter Lulu and their unrelated male companion, 10-year-old Seagrams. Hailing from Madagascar's southern spiny deserts, ring-tailed lemurs are the most terrestrial lemur species, spending over 50% of their time down on the ground. You can often find these three snacking on crunchy fallen leaves—sort of like lemur potato chips! 🍁
📸: Sara Nicholson
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You asked, we answered... lots of new merch now available on our online store! 💕
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Whether you're getting a head start on holiday shopping or just looking to add to your existing wardrobe, we've got plenty of options! Check out these new items, as well as restocks of some sold-out favorites. All purchases "give back" to the Duke Lemur Center, helping pay for lemur care, housing, veterinary supplies, education programs, and conservation initiatives, so you can feel good about the products you buy—or gift to someone you love 🥰
And yes, international shipping is available 😉
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Ring-tailed lemur Fritz is thankful for the last few green leaves in the forest 🌿
This handsome ring-tailed lemur is currently 23 years old and was born at St. Catherine's Island in Georgia. He transferred to the DLC back in 2005 and quickly became a favorite amongst staff members, thanks to his easygoing personality and slow, meandering gait. Fritz has been a superstar in the DLC's non-invasive research program over the years, voluntarily participating in studies examining everything from hormone production to auditory sensitivity to the impact of a good night's sleep—even an eye-tracking study back in 2008, where he calmly allowed researchers to outfit him in a special hat and vest to attach the camera equipment! 🤩
📸: Sara Nicholson
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Is there a book that identifies all the lemurs of Madagascar ?
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Meet Raven the Fat-tailed Dwarf Lemur! 💙
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13-year-old Raven is gearing up for her annual hibernation! Raven is a very sweet dwarf lemur who loves to snack on fruits and flowers and can often be found cuddled up in a soft nest spot. After many years breeding with mate Domestic Chicken, Raven now enjoys the relative peace and quiet in the "condo" where she lives with her youngest son, Brahma Chicken. For the winter, Raven will be moving into our special temperature-controlled hibernaculum, helping our research scientists learn more about the incredible feats of nature that these tiny primates accomplish and potentially unlocking the key to interstellar travel 🚀
Want to keep up-to-date with Raven while supporting the care and conservation of the world's most endangered mammals? You can symbolically adopt Raven (and take home your own plush version of this adorable dwarf lemur!) in person at our Lemur Landing Gift Shop or online at lemur.duke.edu/shop ✨
📸: David Haring (1,3,4); Abby Flyer (2)
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Meet Halley the Black and White Ruffed Lemur! 💙
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12-year-old Halley lives up to her namesake, the famous comet! She blazes her way through life as a busy mom, balancing a research schedule, infant rearing, and her relationship with her mate, 9-year-old Bruno. Halley has helped contribute to the Species Survival Plan (SSP) of this critically endangered species through four separate litters—nine total offspring! You're most likely to find Halley on the forest floor, snacking on fallen muscadine grapes while Bruno leaps from tree to tree with their two-year-old twins 🍇
Want to keep up-to-date with Halley while supporting the care and conservation of the world's most endangered mammals? You can symbolically adopt Halley (and take home your own plush version of this beautiful ruffed lemur!) in person at our Lemur Landing Gift Shop or online at lemur.duke.edu/shop ✨
📸: Sara Nicholson (1,3,4); Abby Flyer (2)
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Do they come in warmies
Very happy to see her free ranging with her family when we visited last year! I’ve adopted Halley for several years now and loved keeping up with her story 😍
Meet Fady the Aye-aye! 💙
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10-year-old Fady is a small girl with a big personality! She lives with 15-year-old Grendel and is easily identifiable as the more petite of the two. Fady is incredibly smart and is a fantastic participant in positive reinforcement training; she will even dangle upside down and voluntarily allow veterinarians to perform ultrasounds while her keeper feeds her snacks! Her name, pronounced "fah-dee," means "taboo" in Malagasy 🌍
Want to keep up-to-date with Fady while supporting the care and conservation of the world's most endangered mammals? You can symbolically adopt Fady (and take home your own plush version of this amazing aye-aye!) in person at our Lemur Landing Gift Shop or online at lemur.duke.edu/shop ✨
📸: David Haring
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Do you make these in warmest. For pain relievers.
Meet Gisela the Coquerel's Sifaka! 💙
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13-year-old Gisela is the daughter of Jovian—the famous lemur who played Zoboomafoo in the eponymous show—and has quite the family of her own! She and 15-year-old Rupert have had six offspring together, and Gisela became a grandmother for the first time this year with the birth of grandson Radama the Great. Lemurs are female dominant, and Gisela is a fantastic example of a strong, powerful matriarch who gets what she wants, when she wants it. Her favorite place to be is up in a tree, eating the tastiest new leaves straight off the branch 🌿
Want to keep up-to-date with Gisela while supporting the care and conservation of the world's most endangered mammals? You can symbolically adopt Gisela (and take home your own plush version of this beautiful Coquerel's sifaka!) in person at our Lemur Landing Gift Shop or online at lemur.duke.edu/shop ✨
📸: Sara Nicholson (1,4); Abby Flyer (2); Bob Karp (3)
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Meet Randy the Ring-tailed Lemur! 💙
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19-year-old Randy has been contributing to the ring-tailed lemur Species Survival Plan (SSP) since 2010, when the first two of his 20 total offspring were born. This super dad is far more involved with his offspring than most ring-tailed sires, often helping his mates groom and care for their infants. He currently lives with 20-year-old Sophia and four of their daughters. Randy is a laid-back individual who loves sunning and snacking, and he is a favorite among staff members for his luscious tail and go-with-the-flow attitude 😊
Want to keep up-to-date with Randy while supporting the care and conservation of the world's most endangered mammals? You can symbolically adopt Randy (and take home your own plush version of this handsome ring-tailed lemur!) in person at our Lemur Landing Gift Shop or online at lemur.duke.edu/shop ✨
📸: Sara Nicholson
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We've loved adopting Randy! He's a handsome boy!
You're a SUPER lemur, Randy!
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Join us on livestream to continue the World Lemur Day celebrations all the way from Madagascar! 🥳
➡️ www.youtube.com/live/Oa1J84aqnOk
Tomorrow (11/7) at 9AM ET, our Duke Lemur Center team in Madagascar will be tuning in live for a belated World Lemur Day celebration in Northeast Madagascar. With a variety of activities to raise awareness about lemurs, our team will give you a brief taste of what our education program is really like. With the vast rainforest and the Indri singing in the background, it will be an unforgettable experience 🍃
Link to watch is also in stories! The video will be available after the fact if you aren't able to join us live 🤗
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