What is a "Rat King"?
Added 2023-04-14 10:15:00 +0000 UTCRats aren’t the only animals to sometimes get their tails tangled. In recent years there have been a fair few sightings of “squirrel kings” – groups of squirrels whose tails have become glued together with tree sap or another sticky substance, then tangled into an impossible knot.
More often than not, when a squirrel king is spotted, the animals are caught and taken to a vet… where their tails can then be unknotted, giving them a second shot at life. Creepy as they may look at first glance, the best thing you can do if you spot one is to call your local wildlife authority, and try and get them the help they need.
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I'll certainly be covering the one - quite an unusual crowd crush accident. Might be a few years, though, as I want to see the outcome of any investigation/inquest
Fascinating Horror
2023-04-18 07:43:36 +0000 UTCTotally understandable. My brother has rats and they're lovely creatures, so some of the descriptions I came across while researching this one were kind of hard to read!
Fascinating Horror
2023-04-18 07:43:01 +0000 UTCNope, sorry, won't be watching this short. Anything that focuses on an animal in pain is a hard pass. I also have not and will not watch the short on Laika! For some reason I'm fine with humans dying, go figure.
2023-04-14 22:32:52 +0000 UTCI'd like to see a video on the Seoul Halloween crowd crush that happened last year.
Michael Rutherford
2023-04-14 14:24:36 +0000 UTC
