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?

  • Imgonnatrythis
    23·
    3 months 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.worldEnglish
      15·
      3 months ago

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

      • VonReposti@feddit.dk
        1·
        3 months ago

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

        • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          3 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.