Squirrel King: Five creatures tied together by their own tails discovered in Wisconsin
SQUIRREL KING: FIVE CREATURES TIED TOGETHER BY THEIR OWN TAILS DISCOVERED IN WISCONSIN
https://www.newsweek.com/squirrel-king-five-creatures-tied-together-their-own-tails-discovered-1123422
Five hapless squirrel siblings have been caught in quite the bind in Wisconsin. Their fluffy tails became "hopelessly entangled" in their nest, leaving their fur tied together and matted with grass and plastic.
Luckily for the juvenile creatures, the local Humane Society’s Wildlife Rehabilitation Center was on hand to unwind the impossible knot.
The team anesthetized the squirrels to keep them still and slowly unraveled the tails. According to the center’s Facebook page, it took about 20 minutes of careful cutting to disentangle the ball of fur. Initially, the center stated, it was impossible to tell where one tail began and another ended.
"Bit by bit we snipped away at the grass-and-plastic knot with scissors, being very careful to make sure we weren't snipping anyone's tail in the process," the post said. "We were increasingly concerned because all of them had suffered from varying degrees of tissue damage to their tails caused by circulatory impairment."
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