Largest rat king: How 32 rats accidentally tied themselves together

Guiness World Records ^ | 04/20/2023 | Sanj Atwal

[BlackAdderess]

A rat king, or “roi de rats” in French, is a collection of rats whose tails are intertwined and bound together.

It typically occurs when young rats, sleeping together in close quarters, get their tails entangled, forming a knot.

The tied tails are prone to being encrusted by dirt, or stuck together by substances such as sap, sebum, blood, food, faeces or urine.

When the rats wake up and attempt to scurry away from each other, the knot then tightens, trapping them.

[George J. Jetso]

So the democrat caucus had a meeting.

[SunkenCiv]

Another one for the "i coulda sworn" list, searched, found nothin', not pinging, just adding.

[GOYAKLA]

I thought this would be about George Segal!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Rat_(film)
Damn good movie!

[Ezekiel]

The largest rat king on record was found in May 1828, in a chimney in the German town of Buchheim, Altenburg. It consisted of 32 individual rats.

The DC “roi de rats” is going to blow away that record.

[BlackAdderess]

Lol!

[BlackAdderess]

I’ll look that up!

[gundog]

Second George Segal post of the day...

[BlackAdderess]

I will find that. Amazon says it is only a rental but I’m sure it’s streaming someplace.

[Buttons12]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_king

Here you’ll find a long list of literary references.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

[Openurmind]

Thanks!

[BlackAdderess]

Thank you :)

[higgmeister]

The Russian guy on the video said "I don't know" which is just about the only phrase I can recognize in Russian.

"Я не знаю"
"YA ne znayu"

None of us know either.

[Albion Wilde]