It’s not very assuming until you get right up to it and you see how big that trunk is. You’re like ‘Holy cow, that’s a big ...

Whilst researching the potential stories for the Mammals Heat episode we came across a newly described behaviour about white sifaka lemurs in Madagascar hugging tree trunks to keep cool!

“It’s an eight-person hugging tree,’’ he said, referring to the number of people it would take holding hands to encircle it. It’s estimated to be 100 to 120 years old. The Pibel Lake ...