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

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

[–] VonReposti@feddit.dk 1 points 1 month 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 1 month 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.