easy c++ question re pointers

have been playing with some pointer code to jog my memory of programming procedures

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxLrgCFyR4k
have been working through the above youtube tutorial

and have tbe below code set up on c++ express 2008 and have built it the same as the tutorial but when it gets to the line
leemming *leemmingObject = &leemmingObject;

it throws up the below errors, have built this several times and cannot see why it differs from the example and any help would be appreciated

1>.\main3.cpp(12) : error C3699: '*' : cannot use this indirection on type 'leemming'
1>        compiler replacing '*' with '^' to continue parsing
1>.\main3.cpp(12) : error C2373: 'leemmingObject' : redefinition; different type modifiers
1>        .\main3.cpp(9) : see declaration of 'leemmingObject'
1>.\main3.cpp(12) : error C3072: operator '&' cannot be applied to an instance of a ref class
1>        use the unary '%' operator to convert an instance of a ref class to a handle type

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main 3
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// main3.cpp : main project file.

#include "stdafx.h"
#include "leemming.h"
using namespace System;

int main(array<System::String ^> ^args)
{
    leemming leemmingObject;
      
      
      leemming *leemmingObject = &leemmingObject;

      leemmingObject.turtle();

      Console::WriteLine(L"Hello World");
    return 0;
}
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leemming.h
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#include "StdAfx.h"
#include <iostream>
#include "leemming.h"

using namespace System;


leemming::leemming(void)
{

      std::cout << " this is from the constructor" << std::endl;
}

void leemming::turtle(){
      
      std::cout << " this is from the turtle class inside the lemming class" << std::endl;
      
};

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 leemming.h
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#pragma once


ref class leemming
{
public:
      leemming(void);
      void turtle(void);

};