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Squirrel King? (lemmy.world)

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 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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 1 day ago

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 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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 1 day ago

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

[-] comfyquaker@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago

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

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day 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!"

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 day ago

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 14 points 1 day ago

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

[-] VonReposti@feddit.dk 1 points 10 hours ago

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

[-] unreachable@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago
[-] comfyquaker@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

this from ancient aliens on the sega genesis???

this post was submitted on 27 Sep 2024
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