Rat king

A rat king is said to arise when a number of rats become intertwined at the tails, and are joined with blood, dirt, and excrement. Consequently, the animals grow together, joined at the tails, which are often broken. The phenomenon is particularly associated with Germany, where the majority of instances have been reported.

Related Topics:
Rat - Tail - Blood - Dirt - Excrement - Germany

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Most researchers presume that the creatures are legendary and are created by conscious manipulation by human beings, such as tieing the tails of dead rats together and mummifying them. Some reports of living specimens have been made, but none has been proven. The supposed cause for the phenomenon is the narrow living space in some buildings, where the young animals live too close together, becoming hopelessly entangled with one another. However, the normal behavior of rats, which generally seek their own comfort, speak against this theory. No scientific study has been performed to prove a natural cause of the phenomenon, so that most researchers class the rat king as a fictitious animal.

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