NATGEO  |  Animals

How eating ‘bacon bugs’ helps save lemurs

With its long pink nose and fluffy rear end, the sakondry—nicknamed the “bacon bug”—stands out but has few predators.

2024-04-15    

Suddenly, there’s a sound like the patter of rain on leaves, and then a loud crack as something hits the ground nearby. “Lemur diarrhea,” says Borgerson, a primatologist and National Geographic Explorer, who recalls the splash that once landed on her face and likely gave her the amoeba. Besides pathogens, the poop often includes nuts from one of the area’s colossal trees and nutrients that support future forest growth.

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