Urban Legends Reference Pages: College (The Pencil Suicide) Student stressed by exam pressures commits suicide by shoving pencils up his nostrils. http://www.snopes.com/college/exam/pencils.htm

Myths of Suicide Loss Outlines 10 myths about suicide loss and briefly states the corresponding realities. http://lifegard.tripod.com/myths.html

The Lemming: the Mass Suicide Myth Explained This member of the rodent family is famous for its 'mass suicide migrations'. http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/lemmings.htm

Deconstructing Ronald Opus - Urban Legends and Folklore Sleuthing an Internet legend: the complicated demise of Ronald Opus. http://urbanlegends.about.com/science/urbanlegends/library/weekly/aa072097.htm

Can Animals Commit Suicide? Answered by ScienceNet. http://www.sciencenet.org.uk/database/Social/9609/s00204d.html

United States Suicide Statistics American Association of Suicidology studies available in PDF format. http://www.suicidology.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=21