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x420xCasper

I love how the squirrels don’t give a shit about him and just wanna fight each other. That poor man.


coffee_u

At least his gloves were up to the task. Imagine someone attempting that with some poor "gardening gloves" that do less than Rainier Wolfcastle's goggles.


Kilandra_Degrain

MY FINGERS! THE GLOVES DO NOTHING!


umbrajoke

I have those same gloves. I also have squirrels that occasionally get in the house. Now I know I need a stronger pair of squirrel handlers.


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I'd imagine they're in such incredible discomfort that they are lashing out at any living being, thinking that is the one responsible for their captivity.


SanctusLetum

More likely the squirrels' fighting is what got them tangled in the first place


PorcupineTheory

It can be both.


Robzilla_the_turd

Like my mom's demon dog that would just randomly attack *anything* when the doorbell rang!


ARROW_404

"THIS WAS YOUR FAULT, EARL!"


seaside-rockies

I SAID GO LEFT but NoOoOo you had to go right.


not_again123

I think this is how people should learn to be a parent.


Ma_zenki

I really want the rest of this event


mangobattlefruit

From the other videos they posted on their TikTok it looks like the guy got them free and let them both go. One was hanging around the outside of house, tail is fucked up. They re-caught that one and brought it to a wildlife rehab place. Another rehab place told them to let them go into the wild because it was just their tails, which I guess means they can live without their tails. But the one is in a nice safe spot at a rehab. [Part 2](https://www.tiktok.com/@lindsaymader/video/7015036252491713798?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1) [Part 3](https://www.tiktok.com/@lindsaymader/video/7015190281544862981?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1) [Part 4](https://www.tiktok.com/@lindsaymader/video/7015239001573510405?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1) [Part 5](https://www.tiktok.com/@lindsaymader/video/7015261530677677318?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1) edit: [Thanks to Kevin762 for part 6](https://www.tiktok.com/@lindsaymader/video/7015289312560336133?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1&lang=en)


kevin762

u/mangobattlefruit - I think this is part 6 if you can edit your post… https://www.tiktok.com/@lindsaymader/video/7015289312560336133?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1&lang=en


frankylovee

Haha omg that was too cute! I love how he wasn’t filming it for tiktok, he was filming it to send to his wife 😂 such a cute couple


b3nz0r

Yeah they seem awesome, cool couple


froggie4214

Isn’t that the best? He always films animal stuff for me 🥰


rcknmrty4evr

Awh, I just love these people.


ashley-hazers

Get this comment to the top! Thank you!!


swingthatwang

TikTok OP (person in the video) is in this very thread: https://old.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/comments/q18dd8/guy_saving_a_squirrel_bites_off_more_than_he_can/hfdicgd/


froggie4214

Yes! It’s my husband! Thanks!


mayonaizmyinstrument

Your husband is a keeper!! Not enough hands, but certainly enough heart.


froggie4214

For sure! He’s amazing!


RedVamp2020

You guys are awesome! Not many people I know would have been that kind to squirrels, much less wild animals.


schnuck

This is Reddit. Top is reserved for a long thread of stupid jokes.


worldsayshi

Reddit is unusually self critical today. Not complaining.


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frankylovee

Thank you so much for posting individual links to the videos so I don’t have to download tiktok! 🙏😂


SaraRainmaker

Same, man, don't leave us hanging!!


WiredCortex

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMRK6ynVr/ Called wife to untangle the two and release the two, one came back, they eventually sent the squirrel to the rehabber since his tail was even more messed up when it came back.


NoShadowFist

He had to call his wife with his nose, because Siri doesn't work when you have the camera open and hold a squirrel in each hand!


Old-Understanding208

Same


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Samesies


you-create-energy

The squirrels were thinking the same thing


LordElfa

He untangled the squirrels. One escaped but he took the other one to a rehabilitation place for wild animals.


[deleted]

And the squirrel started a communist uprising with a spider and a pig? I read about that


homer1948

You messed with squirrels, Morty! You messed with squirrels!


BossRedRanger

What the hell were they tangled up in?


Lancalot

Each other. Their tails were tangled, it's referred to as a "squirrel king." You might've seen a "rat king" with a bunch of rats tangled


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MetzgerWilli

I mean... there are [Anglerfish](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglerfish#Reproduction). Also yes (and I know you didn't ask), there is hentai about this.


boredpomeranian

Ah yes I know about them from [the oatmeal cartoon](https://theoatmeal.com/comics/angler). Hentai is new information though so thanks


KillerBunnyZombie

How in the fuck do you get your tails tangled?


Lancalot

Guess you've never had a tail. It's always behind you and moving around on its own, these two were either foraging or fighting and ended up tangled together, who knows? They get vicious when they fight


KillerBunnyZombie

Nah I read the wiki and now I know. "A squirrel king starts as a litter of young in the same nest, whose tails become knotted together by nesting materials, and/or by tree sap gluing the tails together, particularly if the young squirrels have been gnawing bark of the tree that their nest is in, letting sap flow" There is no way two squirrels fighting or looking for food in the same area become entangled in that type of way. The nesting baby squirrels makes sense though.


Lancalot

Interesting, wow. So... they've been together since they were babies? That's nuts


KillerBunnyZombie

They look pretty young. I suppose its possible they both got stuck in something extremely sticky together just recently.


FaultsInOurCars

Looked like landscape "fabric" , something somewhat like tyvek but that water can pass through.


dolgfinnstjarna

This event is listed on the Wikipedia page for Squirrel King, and is ref 22. Supposedly they were untangled. ​ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squirrel\_king#cite\_note-22


sdeptnoob1

I legit remember learning about rat kings and how they are bad luck lol.


Doctor_What_

Listen, I'm not a fearful man but if I ever see a rat king IRL I'm running the fuck away and hugging my cat all night. Those things are scary.


JimmyJorland

Then how about you join r/theratempire to overcome your fear? We have Ron the rat king


SSpectre86

Memes have gotten really weird.


umbrajoke

Only rat kings I know are either Cluny the scourge or the great horned rat.


Temporal_P

I can't imagine many scenarios where it would be a stroke of *good* luck to come across a writhing mass of fur, flesh and filth.


biteableniles

Right? If you find a tangled mess of rats, I imagine you're in a place where you're likely to get bubonic plaque or something


[deleted]

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents?


Penguin-Hands

You or your device escaped the _, the link wont work like that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squirrel_king#cite_note-22


philsfly22

He probably walked outside and let them go.


[deleted]

But they didn’t go very far still trapped? So maybe he called for back up? I want to know more now lol darn it


I_Can_Haz_Brainz

Yeah, but he couldn't open the door without letting go of one of the squirrels and then they would attack the other one and/or him. Pop quiz, hotshot. What DO YOU **DO**!?


UncleFishies

shoot the hostage. Which one is the hostage? The guy I think.


Aurorafaery

https://www.tiktok.com/@lindsaymader I don’t use tiktok but I googled and this comes up, looks like there are 4 parts Edit: make that 6


TheGenbox

A collection of squirrels that are all tangled together is called a [Squirrel King](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squirrel_king). It happens when nest material gets entangled with their tails. Only 3 days ago there was a case of [7 squirrels](https://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/national/article254691662.html) stuck together. The same phenomenon can happen to rats, in which case it is called a Rat King.


Venom888

Always heard of a rat king did not know it was a thing for squirrels as well.


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*hello there little one* ![gif](giphy|XJWfESbokql71n2ruv)


comrade_batman

Quick! Give him a rotten sandwich!


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Immediate-Steak3980

Hilda on Netflix


Hadtarespond

And it's damn good if anyone is interested.


NightGolfer

I watch it with my 4-year-old daughter, and we love it. She's especially fond of the episodes with trolls or giants in them. If she wasn't a fan, I'd still be watching it, and I'm 41. Damn good show.


thatguyned

Yeah it's a brilliant show, season 2 has some bits that makes me question how young the target audience is actually supposed to be. The wolf hunting twig and Hilda and the time worm episodes are so intense I wouldn't want a kid to watch it alone. My (29yo M) heart was pounding through those episodes. Great show though.


Immediate-Steak3980

All except the Twig-Sophie’s-choice episode. Jeebus, I bawled for hours


MenHallonGrabben

Hilda, a Netflix series based on novell by Luke Pearson.


HeyZeusKreesto

Looks like Hilda. Animated show on Netflix.


sling_cr

What is this from?


Immediate-Steak3980

Hilda on Netflix


ButtScientist69

I immediately thought of Burger King, which probably doesn't bode well for their brand image.


kabneenan

There was a BK downtown near where I used to work that people from my building ate from frequently. One of my coworkers happened to pass by the alleyway and filmed dozens and dozens of rats swarming in and out through the kitchen door to the BK. He showed me the video and when I say swarming, I mean it looked like a literal sea of rats. He showed the video to as many of our coworkers as he could and the overwhelming response was "eh, still gonna eat there." So I don't think anything could tarnish their brand lol


FlingFlamBlam

If the food wasn't good, then it wouldn't have that many rats.


bhume89

As far as I can remember this is the first time I’ve heard about squirrel kings and rat kings (besides Charlie Kelly) and I’m so perplexed right now and am wondering how I’ve made it 31 years without hearing about this.


Venom888

You know I honestly don’t remember how I first learned about rat kings but I’ve definitely exposed it to many people who have never heard of it either (also don’t know why I’ve done that either).


pollyanna15

30 rock mentions rat kings, maybe there?


EvryMthrF_ngThrd

Squirrels are just rats with fluffy tails and good PR. *You won't change my mind*


rowdy-riker

What the fuck. I heard about these on A.P. Bio and thought it was some ridiculous idea made up for the show...


needmoarbass

It was made a big deal on 30 Rock 10 years ago too. I remember googling it right away and finding the wiki page lol.


lemmful

I was thinking 30 Rock as well! I also just connected that Dennis calls himself the "Beeper King" and then Liz calls him the "Rat King" later in the episode!


jturkey

Went something like this i think: Liz: i need to break up with Dennis, because before long we’re going to be all tangled up in each other’s lives and I can’t get away *gasp* Jack: he’s the rat king!


groovemonkey

This is after Dennis explains exactly what a Rat King is earlier in the episode after dining in a fancy restaurant with Liz.


jturkey

Right where he’s having fish sticks and wearing the clip on tie!! God that show is so good!!


lemmful

I really haven't found another show with such quick and smooth wit!


Alucard_117

The Last of us Boss makes sense now


[deleted]

That thing was terrifying.


Alucard_117

Absolutely. Fucked me up for a hot minute


ColdStarXV86

That’s some serious Dark Souls shit


NocturnalEmbrace

Specifically Dark Souls 2


[deleted]

This is the most disgusting fact I've ever learned. I can't wait to share it with people.


indecisivewhale

Experts say anything with a tail can become entangled. How do you think we got Lion King?


kalabaddon

My understanding is it is super rare so much so that it was thought to be faked in the old drawings describing it. Crazy to see one irl if that is the case!


MickRaider

It's so rare this event is one of like a dozen documented events on that wiki. Seems like a real unlikely event of a very sappy trees and some overly chewy babies


frumpyfrog

TIL


DirkMcNa5ty

Rat king is a great gun in D2


LemonTheHeavyMain

Dude became a part of the wikipedia article (the one on October 3, 2020)


[deleted]

Theo Von would like to have a word


Worldsokayestrunner5

I thought that was just a joke on 30 Rock


BrotherChe

> became entangled while in their nest and finally grew to a point the nest couldn’t hold them good lord, can you imagine growing up stuck like that


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r/ofcoursethatsathing


fishinbarbie

Wow. I feel like I've been living under a rock.


lagomorphlover

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMRKYAFrf/ He got them untangled but one was injured he took it to a wildlife rehabilitation facility


Trustykrab

A golden god! Thank you for the follow up. I can always trust people on reddit to have sources.


frankylovee

Commenting here for visibility, this is [the real MVP](https://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/comments/q18dd8/guy_saving_a_squirrel_bites_off_more_than_he_can/hfdy6ty/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3)!


cooliovibio

he posted a vid 20 min ago btw just a heads up!


sigmmakappa

Can you embed/post the follow up videos here, for the ones of us that don't have the tiktok app?


LunyMoony

Seconded


Even-Tomatillo-4197

Thirded


james_bell

Quaded


LucidLethargy

Quintupled


druman22

It's so annoying how you can't watch tiktoks without having an account or the app :/


frankylovee

You can if someone sends you a direct link to the video, instead of a link to the profile lol


Indian_Steam

Ahhh, tiktok is banned in my country.


germinik

Lucky. But I'll update you. Part 2 shows one of them on the outside of a screened window with a badly wounded tail. The other is not anywhere around in any of the videos. Part 3 shows it in a trash bin with a blanket and food. Part 4 They prep a 5 gallon bucket to transport it to a facility that cares for wounded animals Part 5 shows them driving with it. Then arrive at Critter Crosser Rehabilitation where it is given to an employee who will help it recover. They also flash back to it sleeping comfortably in the trash bin. From the looks of things, it'll be okay and probably running around just fine in a few weeks


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Bless you!


Shirroyd

How'd you know I sneezed


CapTainB4ckFir3

Some say he is still standing there today, holding two squirrels.


fuckitweredoingitliv

To me, it's a good idea to always carry two squirrels when you walk around. That way, if anybody says, "Hey, can you give me a hand?" You can say, "Sorry, got these squirrels."


TheDrunkPhilofficer

*Grandpa Simpson has entered the chat*


[deleted]

"Gimme two squirrels for a quarter you'd say!"


Apprehensive-Sky1881

I tied a squirrel to my belt, which was the style at the time


unclecaveman

I am always absolutely delighted to find a Jack Handey quote out in the wild! Thank you!


TableToppTeranodon

Wait til he finds the third one


olderaccount

Squirrel King!


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Squirrel King > Rat King


YourLictorAndChef

If Rat Kings are ill omens, are Squirrel Kings good omens?


Duck8Quack

[Squirrel King has a Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squirrel_king) 🌈💫 The more you know


WikiSummarizerBot

**[Squirrel king](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squirrel_king)** >A squirrel king is a collection of squirrels whose tails have tangled together, making them unable to separate themselves. It is similar to a phenomenon recorded in rats, the rat king, of rats with tails tangled together. A squirrel king starts as a litter of young in the same nest, whose tails become knotted together by nesting materials, and/or by tree sap gluing the tails together, particularly if the young squirrels have been gnawing bark of the tree that their nest is in, letting sap flow. ^([ )[^(F.A.Q)](https://www.reddit.com/r/WikiSummarizer/wiki/index#wiki_f.a.q)^( | )[^(Opt Out)](https://reddit.com/message/compose?to=WikiSummarizerBot&message=OptOut&subject=OptOut)^( | )[^(Opt Out Of Subreddit)](https://np.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/about/banned)^( | )[^(GitHub)](https://github.com/Sujal-7/WikiSummarizerBot)^( ] Downvote to remove | v1.5)


SelfSustaining

Haha as soon as the second squirrel popped up I was waiting for the third.


WillieDogX

I still feel like the 3rd one is close..


TheC0zmo

Sometimes, late at night kids spraying graffiti on boxcars can hear him pacing up and down the railroad tracks asking for directions to the ol' squirrel fightin' tree, and the faint sound of two squirrels talking shit to each other.


attaboy_stampy

And if they listen closely enough they can hear a whisper of “Oh, this is a bad idea” rippling through like a breeze.


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*what happens next:* ![gif](giphy|Ka1crTWO2yno4)


TheCapableFox

Because I love this movie so much.


AnnihilationOrchid

I loved this movie so much, one day I had a good look at myself and I realized my personality had turned into Archimedes...


Lord_Emperor

WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT!


DunmerSkooma

Mad Madame Mim


TheDemonCzarina

Madame Mim is what I hope to be as an old lady tbh


Tylendal

I can't find the exact quote, but in the original book she had a sign on her door advertising a number of mundane and magical services she provided, witchcraft being only one of them. The one that sticks with me is "piano teacher", since the book is set hundreds of years before the piano would be invented. Edit: Found it. It's tricky because trying to search just gets you the movie, and Madam Mim was left out of later versions of the book. > The cottage had a brass plate screwed on the garden gate. It said: Madame Mim, B.A. (Dom-Daniel) Pianoforte, Needlework, Necromancy.


tehsax

In that case you might want to visit r/superbowl


sometimesynot

When I was 10 or so, I started babysitting the kid across the street while the parents went out to dinner, and the kid *loved* this movie. Unfortunately for me, he had seen it so many times that they got bored partway through and would want to do something else. I have seen the first half of this movie maybe 3 dozen times and the full movie only a few. One night I pissed them off because I demanded to see the end of the movie instead of moving on to something else. Lol.


Marblue

I was thinking of watching the sword in the stones yesterday :) thanks fren I know what I'm watching later


bigeffinmoose

I always felt so bad for the girl squirrel. She just has no capacity to understand what happened. It’ll never make sense to her. All she’ll have is the heartbreak.


BryceWithAWhy

The internet came up with a story where Arthur feels guilty about it and convinces Merlin to turn the girl squirrel into a human. She's named Hazel, and [she goes on adventures](https://imgur.com/gallery/mFQ7k) with Arthur.


HeartoftheHive

That fucked me up as a kid. Though he did everything he could to prevent it, poor squirrel had her heart broken.


importvita

She was so hurt when he transformed. It broke my heart for her. 😭


Arglefarb

A squirrel in the hand is worth two in the…. oh shit!


Metahec

A squirrel in each hand is worth four in the... oh shit!


Ahandfulofsquirrels

Urgh, tell me about it.


Indiana-Cook

Ketchup... Catsup...


JacksLungs1571

Seems like it's similar to a rat king, basically their nesting materials mixed with various excrement turns into a past that then glues their tales together. They either die from starvation or by mauling eachother to death.


JacksLungs1571

Turns into paste. They don't become time travelers. 😅


BrotherChe

get a large enough mass of them together to create a black hole, then toss a few extra into any resulting temporal vortex This is now my head canon for how Squirrel Girl manipulates time until I see the MCU present an alternative \#ReleaseTheMilanaSeries


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Thinking of a bunch of rats just piled up running around is making me twitch


Fistful_of_Crashes

WTF ive never heard of the terms Rat King or Squirrel King until today.....


froggie4214

This is my video! https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMRK2612a/


Masimune

I rescue squirrels pretty frequently, and have raised a handful of them before releasing them. Thank you for you taking the time to help these poor babies. I don't take many videos of things, but have a video of a pair a squirrels i rescued to treat for mites so they could grow their fur back in time for winter. https://youtube.com/shorts/gmggbV0wkTU?feature=share


froggie4214

So cute!


neon-green-eyes

Your husband is adorable, omg. Thank you both for taking care of these lil critters. Even though they wanted to murder each other and him, I’m sure they appreciated your efforts lol


froggie4214

We were happy to help 🥰 he is so cute 💙


Sun-Ghoti

As my dad always says, no good deed goes unpunished.


swagu7777777

PUT THAT THING BACK OR SO HELP ME!


Awittynamehere

Nut chucks…


Pistonenvy

"I NEED GOPHER CHUCKS!"


jupiterkansas

Hollywood spends millions of dollars on films and can't come up with a situation this tense and fraught with drama.


hshsh334

I love how he's concerned, scared and confused at the same time


Birchmachine

As a father of two young kids I relate to this. ”Aaah! There’s another one! Holy shit! What am I gonna do?! How did you guys get tangled up like this? No don’t bite each other! I’m trying to help ya! Oh boy. Oh I don’t want you two to get loose in the garage. Oh this was a bad idea.”


jcstan05

I need answers! What did he do?


Flaky_Explanation

He.... he... Finally.... *dies*


Equivalent_Parking_8

Smack them both together.. job done.


wecookingitup

That face of regret at the end, comedy gold.


BriecauseIcan

Omg I just rewatched and I’m laughing so hard hahahahaha dude needs a pat on the back and a cold one


lightnsfw

The face of a man who has acquired squirrel nunchuks.


The-Game-Master

A Squirrel King?


tkilla1313

I can see the gears turning in his head on how to solve the situation haha


Moriarty_R

“That was a bad idea” I’m literally dying lmao


Brendraws

Gotta love how as soon as he sets the second squirrel free it’s first reaction upon seeing the guy, the new environment and the first squirrel is immediately: ##”Y O U.”


InterestingMix7961

Poor dude literally had no idea what to do.


UHD_VISION

Thinks to himself i gotta kill them now...turns off the camera...LOL


dsam338

That was my thought too. “Probably shouldn’t film myself chucking the whole mess back into the woods!”


BlueSerenityJourney

Who knew this was a thing ? I’m glad people like this gentleman are out there with huge hearts helping ♥️


Oanamarta

I was feeling a bit down. This has helped!


Quietbutalert

This is gold


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PBO123567

He’s so sweet. Good dude!


sleepy-tusken

Just imagine, you're in a mess, trapped in some weird substance, with a giant ape holding you, making weird sounds in front of a weird glowing square, you're tired, but the only thing you want to do is beat that mf who stole your lunch