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minus-squareStantana@lemmy.sambands.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·11 months agoThey’re just following the trail of pheromones ahead of them. It goes around in circles so they’ll just walk and walk until they die of exhaustion. Never heard about it so had to read up on it, it’s as obscure as a rat king to me.
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·11 months agorat kings are mostly fake though
minus-squareidegenszavak@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·11 months agoCurrent sience says it’s very rare, but can happen naturally. There are multiple confirmed modern sightings.
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoI did say “most,” 1963, 2005 and 2021 are the only real ones I can find. Compared to there being dozens in the 17th and 18th centuries
minus-squareexplodicle@local106.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoI imagine we did more rat watching back then.
minus-squaredasgoat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoRatTube. Where it’s just, you watch a tube with rats in it.
minus-squaredasgoat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoBut this one eats you when you look down it! Hooray!
minus-squareStantana@lemmy.sambands.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·11 months agoWhat makes you say that?
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months agoreason why i said “most” not “all” most examples are from the 17th and 18th century when proof was hard to ascertain and there have only been a handful of modern occurring examples since the prevalence of science and photography
They’re just following the trail of pheromones ahead of them. It goes around in circles so they’ll just walk and walk until they die of exhaustion.
Never heard about it so had to read up on it, it’s as obscure as a rat king to me.
rat kings are mostly fake though
Current sience says it’s very rare, but can happen naturally. There are multiple confirmed modern sightings.
I did say “most,” 1963, 2005 and 2021 are the only real ones I can find.
Compared to there being dozens in the 17th and 18th centuries
I imagine we did more rat watching back then.
They didn’t have YouTube.
RatTube. Where it’s just, you watch a tube with rats in it.
Like a kaleidoscope!
But this one eats you when you look down it! Hooray!
What makes you say that?
reason why i said “most” not “all” most examples are from the 17th and 18th century when proof was hard to ascertain and there have only been a handful of modern occurring examples since the prevalence of science and photography
Fair enough.