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Lemurs<\/a> might just be naturals when it comes to Easter egg hunts. In this charming video, the playful animals participated in the holiday tradition at a wildlife park<\/a> in Great Britain, thanks to their creative keepers who filled and hid plastic eggs throughout the lemurs’ enclosure. The nimble animals searched for eggs with childlike<\/a> excitement, but also with impressive skill, focus, and absolute cuteness.<\/p>\n There must have been something very tasty (Lemur-approved Peeps?) in those colorful plastic eggs because the dexterous creatures were highly motivated to win the hunt. Their ability to open each egg was also extremely impressive, and the payoff was delightful.<\/p>\n But it’s the lemur at the end of the video for me, who sits like a human<\/a> having just gorged on too many Easter treats (girl, same).<\/p>\n And if watching lemurs hunt for colorful Easter eggs isn’t cute enough for you, how about a Red Panda eating a homemade hot cross bun (a traditional Easter confection in the U.K.)?<\/p>\n I’m not sure who’s sweeter, the devoted keepers providing the treats or the animals enjoying them.<\/p>\n Lemur Fun Facts<\/p>\n Lemurs<\/a> are\u00a0small, wet-nosed primates, with the most common and recognizable being the ring-tailed. The most famous lemur has to be King Julien from the wildly popular Madagascar movies, voiced by Sacha Baron Cohen and animated as quite the dancer. And while I cannot vouch for their actual dancing abilities, I can report that Madagascar \u2013 the country, not the film \u2013 is the only habitat where wild lemurs are found. And there are over 100 different species ranging from tiny to kid-sized.<\/p>\n Lemurs are among the oldest primates on Earth, with roots going back over 70 million years. Socially, lemur life is a matriarchy. Female lemurs run the show\u2014taking the best food, the best spots (the best Easter eggs), and not asking nicely about it.<\/p>\n Related: Man Serenades Sun Bear, and the Finale Is Incredible<\/a><\/p>\n They\u2019re also doing important work behind the scenes. Lemurs are major seed spreaders, meaning they help grow and maintain entire forests just by going about their day. Nature\u2019s little gardeners<\/a>.<\/p>\n Then there\u2019s the wildly weird stuff:<\/p>\n Some lemurs have actual blue eyes<\/a> (rare for primates)<\/p>\n Some self-medicate\u2026 by eating millipedes<\/p>\n Some sing like a full-on a cappella group (“I like to move it, move it!”)<\/p>\n Others settle arguments with literal \u201cstink fights\u201d by mixing aromas from their scent glands and directing them at rivals.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc36<\/a>SIGN UP to get \u201cpawsitivity\u201d delivered right to your inbox with inspiring & entertaining stories about our furry & feathered friends<\/a>\ud83d\udc3e\ud83d\udc3e<\/a><\/p>\n This story was originally published by Parade Pets<\/a> on Apr 6, 2026, where it first appeared in the Pet News<\/a> section. Add Parade Pets as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Parade Pets and Yahoo may earn commission from links in this article. Lemurs might just be naturals when…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568814,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[251071,114487,160609,251072,28553,79,201],"class_list":["post-568813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-easter-egg-hunts","tag-easter-eggs","tag-lemurs","tag-plastic-eggs","tag-sacha-baron-cohen","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}