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During a walk, my sister took a photo of squirrels with their tails matted and knotted together. I’ve heard of rat kings, but would this be considered a squirrel king?

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[–] SlippiHUD@lemmy.world 48 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

I never knew Squirrel Kings were a thing, they appear to mostly happen to siblings

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squirrel_king

[–] comfyquaker@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

wouldn’t have expected this to be a wiki entry but now I’m curious what other animals could he burdened by this circumstance

[–] kevindqc@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I wonder if it's the same from that page, on the 11th, in Bend, Oregon

Wow, thanks for sharing this. My first impression was that they were acting like daddy long legs, but no, this is bad.

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 26 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Please help them! They may not be able to get separated without human intervention.

[–] comfyquaker@lemmy.world 36 points 8 months ago

just followed up after seeing your comment. someone was called out for assistance.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 23 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I hadn't heard of either and now I'm a little less comfortable than I was before about the world we live in.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Reading the wiki page, at least it seems people are very successful at untangling Squirrel Kings.

[–] VonReposti@feddit.dk 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

There might be some form of survivorship bias in there. We aren't documenting the instances we aren't discovering.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Definitely, but it seems the ones we do find we are generally able to help. I'm sure the ones we do not find pretty much just die.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 22 points 8 months ago

Thought this was a joke, but it appears to be exactly what it says it is.

"Break out the 20-gauge Pa! We eatin' tonight!"

[–] unreachable@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] comfyquaker@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

this from ancient aliens on the sega genesis???

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 0 points 8 months ago

I want to see it move