On Aug. 21, Rasulov shared two videos on Instagram that showed five small, bedraggled rats with their tails hopelessly tangled. He titled them (in Russian) "The Rat King is found alive.

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Rat kings have been reported since the mid-16th ... In 1951, a "squirrel king" appeared in a South Carolina zoo. In 2013, six more tangled squirrels were saved by veterinarians in Canada.

It's based on the real (but rare) phenomenon of rat kings, which occur when a group of rats gets their tails irreversibly tangled. When it comes to the Rat King in The Last of Us Part II ...

The rat king phenomenon leaves the rodents unable ... were recorded struggling to scurry in different directions as their tangled tails dragged them back. There are several swarms that have ...

Ever heard of a “rat king”? As urban legend tells us ... homeowner who says he discovered the tangled mess, told Gizmodo. “It was clear they were in a lot of stress.” ...

The phenomenon is similar to a semi-mythological phenomenon called a “rat king,” in which a nest of rats gets their tails tangled creating a writhing, snarling wheel of rodents. While a rat ...

In the Rat King Challenge, all six chefs are tied together ... many rats make a nest for their king and all of their tails get tangled up. "I have definitely never cooked tied to someone else ...

“What’s a rat king?” A rat king is an amalgamation of rats, so tangled and in argument with each other that their tails become intertwined, forming a grotesque, helpless, mass of animal. A more ...