There is place called Jungle Island near Miami, Florida. And there, for a nominal fee, you can have what they call a "lemur encounter."
What this actually entails is being led into a room containing a cage with three lemurs. They close the door of the room and then open the door to the cage. Lemurs leap everwhere, and by everywhere, I mean using you as a launching pad and landing pad.
They were very cute and very energetic and it was one of the best animal encounters I've ever had.
I didn't take it. I got it from another stream of photos, without a source beyond that. TinEye (http://www.tineye.com/search/edd5c579c818f720281dc767e5c394005c58a097/?sort=score&order=desc) shows me that it PROBABLY came from Animal Planet, on The Discovery Channel. (http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/02/jumping-lemurs.php)
In fact, yes, it's from Animal Planet. Here's the original - it's the last item in the slideshow. (http://animal.discovery.com/tv/lemur-kingdom/lemur-photos/lemur-photos.html)
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Date: 2010-12-01 03:31 pm (UTC)My cats do that. Need to catch photo!
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Date: 2010-12-01 07:09 pm (UTC)"Yup, squirrel."
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Date: 2010-12-01 07:27 pm (UTC)What this actually entails is being led into a room containing a cage with three lemurs. They close the door of the room and then open the door to the cage. Lemurs leap everwhere, and by everywhere, I mean using you as a launching pad and landing pad.
They were very cute and very energetic and it was one of the best animal encounters I've ever had.
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Date: 2010-12-02 11:22 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-12-02 11:24 pm (UTC)