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 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, Thalmann told New Scientist magazine. “Woolly lemurs can’t really walk — but they do enjoy silly jumps,” he said.
Hopefully you all got the Silly Walks reference… 😉
