Rats are ubiquitous and ubiquitous, especially in unhygienic environments, where rats squeak in nests.
However, have you ever seen the "Rat King"? The existence of the "Rat King" is beyond people's understanding of nature, and some people see the Rat King as the beginning of human disaster.
The spooky "Rat King"
Strictly speaking, the Rat King is not a natural entity, but a collection of rats connected by several rats. The rat king, which was witnessed by humans with the naked eye, first appeared in 1564. A flock of brown rats forms the shape of a wheel, while their tails are tightly wound.
At that time, due to limited cognition, people widely spread the strange phenomenon of "Rat King" to interpersonal relationships, print media, and stories, which made Rat King even more mysterious. However, the phenomenon of the rat king appeared at a time when humans were suffering from rat infestations, and people were disgusted with all rats equally.
Since then, the phenomenon of the rat king has also occurred occasionally, and in many sightings, Germany has the most cases. However, since the 18th century, the main character has been replaced by a brown rat. At the time, the dominant view was that rats were a disaster-causing species, so they were rarely tracked for long periods of time.
However, people can see from the appearance that the reason why the tail of the "Rat King" is connected together is very likely to be caused by the coagulation of feces, resin, and blood. The foggy "rat king" phenomenon has finally been revealed. People are no longer so afraid of the existence of the Rat King.
By the time people found the rat king phenomenon with multiple rat tails entwined in Buheim again, they were gradually able to accept the strange image of the rat king. Although there were 32 rat kings, they were put on display at the Science Museum in Altenburg.
Rats: synonymous with plague, a sign of disaster
One of the reasons why people shy away from the Rat King was because of the special environment at that time. From 1347 to 1353, the Black Death, caused by the bubonic plague, ruthlessly claimed nearly one-third of Europe's population and severely damaged Europe's social development.
The Black Death was a virulent infectious disease that could be transmitted even if you were separated from someone with the Black Death. At that time, the medical conditions were limited, and once infected, they could only live and suffer until they died. It is thought that the cause of the Black Death was due to the Yersinia pestisis carried by sick rats.
There is nothing people can do about these sick rats, and when they are alive, they will run around and spread the germs to human society. Even if these sick rats die, the bacteria and germs on their corpses will grow more seriously, and the consequences will be endless.
From 1347 onwards, the Black Death spread like wings from Italy to France, and from there all the way to Venice, where it attacked Florence with a rifle. All of a sudden, no European country was spared.
Therefore, people in the XIV century lived in the shadow of rats for a long time. By 1894, human science had risen several levels, and it was discovered that Yersinia pestis was transmitted from plague-infected rodents to humans through flea bites.
Is it accidental or eye-catching?
On the basis of this social cognition, the emergence of the strange phenomenon of the rat king makes people panic. There are concerns about whether the appearance of the Rat King is a harbinger of a riot like the Black Death. Although people have a lot of talk about the multi-tailed rat king. But there are also some people who believe that the reason for the creation of the rat king is simply influenced by the environment.
If the rat is in a place full of sticky substances, low temperatures, and lack of food sources for a long time, then they will huddle together to find food sources, and in order to facilitate contact and communication, the tails are naturally linked together.
From the perspective of the long axis of time, the phenomenon of the rat king has happened many times, but people still firmly believe that the "rat king" is a harbinger of human disaster. In 2021, the rat king was discovered again in Russia, where the rat king phenomenon often occurs.
This time, the "Rat King" consists of 5 rats, and when people find it, the Rat King is very active and squeaks. In order to further unravel the mystery of the Rat King, people dismantled the tail of the Rat King.
Throughout the natural world, the phenomenon of animal tails being closely linked together is also real. For example, squirrels, the king squirrel composed of 5 small squirrels has been found in Wisconsin, USA. But people don't seem to be as prejudiced about the existence of the "Squirrel King" as they are about rats.
Why is it that the same phenomenon is regarded as the beginning of a catastrophe when it is placed on mice? Is it due to the viciousness of the rat's "accumulation" or is it artificially guiding public opinion? What kind of shocking secrets are hidden behind the eyeballs? These bizarre conjectures are still chewed on again and again by people to this day.
Why does the "Rat King" keep surviving?
The Rat King's posture is so strange and extremely difficult to survive that it takes enough tacit understanding and patience to make the Rat King symbiotic as a whole. In this case, why do the rats that make up the image of the rat king keep surviving, and isn't it easier to survive if they exist as individuals?
In fact, in the early days, scientists also studied this closely. However, due to the rarity of research subjects and the lack of relevant data records in the past, scientists have not yet uncovered why the rat king is obsessed with "multi-tailed survival".
From the physiological point of view of mice, the tail can not only maintain balance, but also has many sensitive cells distributed on the tail, which plays a very important role in measuring the temperature and judging the danger of the mouse.
If a rat is blindly tailed, it is very likely to pose a threat to its survival. After all, rats' tails don't have the ability to regenerate like lizards, and once broken, they can't grow back. Based on this factor, it is believed that rats are unlikely to make "self-harm" moves.
According to the dissection and research of the tail of the mouse by scientists, it was found that in the eyes of humans, the tail that has little effect actually plays the role of the "fifth hand" for the mouse. This is because the tail of a mouse is not completely soft, but is made up of a tight combination of bones, muscles, skin, and other tight structures.
The nimble rat's tail not only learns about the environment, but also communicates information in the rat community. Through a specific swing frequency and posture, combined with the sound of a rat to transmit information, it is often used in courtship occasions and to occupy territory.
Perhaps, it is precisely because of the importance of the tail that some smart mice choose to use the method of "tail entanglement" to transmit core information to each other, so as to better survive in the difficult environment at that time.
As the saying goes, "Rats crossing the street, everyone shouts and fights", and from ancient times to the present, rats do not seem to be very likable. In addition, human beings have repeatedly suffered from rats, so when the phenomenon of the rat king appears, people will choose to travel more from the perspective of science and reason, fantasizing about "the rat king causing disaster", what do you think about this? Welcome to leave a message to interact.