Lemurs are currently facing double jeopardy: as they are already considered critically endangered in terms of diminishing numbers, they are also under threat of starving to death.
Lemurs was said to be abundant in the African island of Madagascar. However, due to the effects of climate change, their population is mostly concentrated on the country’s eastern side. Among the bamboo lemurs, the greater bamboo lemurs of Madagascar are considered the largest. They were thought to be extinct, until they were rediscovered in 1972.
Normally, these lemurs typically consume protein-rich bamboo as their main source of food. On drier seasons which last from August to November, they settle on munching harder, nutritionless culm of the bamboo. After the
Lemurs was said to be abundant in the African island of Madagascar. However, due to the effects of climate change, their population is mostly concentrated on the country’s eastern side. Among the bamboo lemurs, the greater bamboo lemurs of Madagascar are considered the largest. They were thought to be extinct, until they were rediscovered in 1972.
Normally, these lemurs typically consume protein-rich bamboo as their main source of food. On drier seasons which last from August to November, they settle on munching harder, nutritionless culm of the bamboo. After the