I wasn't the one who made the accusation. It was someone else.
But yes, the lemmings told me it was indeed a crock of shit when I asked them about it.
Snopes sez:
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When such a migration occurs, some lemmings die by falling over cliffs or drowning in lakes or rivers. These deaths are not deliberate "suicide" attempts, however, but accidental deaths resulting from the lemmings' venturing into unfamiliar territories and being crowded and pushed over dangerous ledges.
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This is probably why Fourier had that impression about them.