A rat king is a collection of rats or mice whose tails are intertwined and bound together in some way. This could be a result of an entangling material like hair, a sticky substance such as sap or gum, or the tails being tied together.

2023年3月19日 · Imagine a group of rats whose tails have become so entangled that they've formed a grotesque, single entity - that's what's known as a "rat king." This monstrous creature has been talked about for centuries, and there are even specimens in natural history museums that prove their existence.

2024年4月2日 · What Are Rat Kings, The Super-Rodents Made Of Tangled Tails? A rat king forms when the tails of many rodents become tangled together, creating a disturbing creature that moves as one swarming mass of terror. Few creatures are as historically reviled as the rat.

2023年4月20日 · 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 discovery was made when a miller named Steinbrück had the walls of his chimney torn down, whereupon he found a mummified rat king under the rubble.

2016年12月23日 · Rat kings have been reported since the 1500s, and have been documented across the world. People who think they form naturally theorize that up to a few dozen rats—perhaps the young offspring of...

2023年11月17日 · A rat king is an intriguing and rare phenomenon where a group of rats becomes intertwined and bound by their tails, creating a tangled mass of small creatures. This occurrence is extremely unusual and has been reported sporadically throughout history.

2017年10月24日 · A ball of furry fury, a rat king occurs when the tails of rodents become twisted, wrapped, and warped into a knot so impossible that not even the world's most loyal Boy Scout could untangle it.

2018年2月15日 · On a cold January morning in 2005, in the village of Saru in southern Estonia, farmer Rein Kıiv and his son made a curious discovery. On the sandy floor of their shed, they found a cluster of 16 rats with their tails inexplicably tangled into a knot.

2023年9月29日 · Unravel the eerie tale of the Rat King, a mysterious phenomenon from European history, as we scuttle through ancient accounts, scientific musings, and cultural echoes in this captivating exploration.

2025年1月3日 · At the time of Martin Luther’s schism from the Roman Catholic Church, the Pope became known as Rattenkönig―rat king. Somehow, this morphed into a description of actual rats in a gnarly state of entanglement.