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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 48 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 15 points 1 week 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 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

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