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January 16, 2005. A resident of the village of Saru Rein Kıyv with his son went feed the pheasants. A monster was waiting for them near the feeder: on a sandy a dense tangle of almost two dozen rats lay and swarmed on the floor, whose tails were pulled into a tight knot. Scared boy pressed against his father: “Dad, what is this?” “This is the rat king,” replied father. Since very ancient times, people have found such rat “bunches.” “Rat King” – so people called this tangle. First The mention of such a find dates back to 1564. Dutchman Johannes Sambucus in a poem described a bunch of seven rats. Afterwards such strange gifts of nature or Satan’s jokes found in Germany, Belgium, France, Poland, Lithuania and Estonia. 
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Finding a “rat king” always portended trouble. Special poor fellow, in whose house or on whose compound was found multi-headed monster. The townspeople looked at him askance interest inquisition. House, as the abode of the “servant of the devil”, the church always called for burning. To date, about 60 cases of detection of “rat bundle”, the number of animals in them varies from three to several tens. The number of oral stories higher by an order. Scientists the fact of the existence of the “rat king” is not deny because they have repeatedly fallen into their hands mummified remains confirming the reality of ancient legends. The museum of the city of Altenburg (Thuringia, Germany) contains a mummy of 32 rats found in 1828 in the city of Buchheim. There are such exhibits in other museums. According to the laws of the animal world, the “rat king” is doomed to death. He is not able to move independently and, therefore, feed yourself, hide from enemies. But strange case: the worthless freak not only does not die, but takes in a rat pack dominant position! The rest of the rats are grooming, caring, feed the “disabled person”, bring him the best pieces, protect at the cost own life. Rats from different flocks can be at enmity with each other friend, but never attack the “king” of the enemy pack and will also take care of him. He is the “king” for them. Got into hands of biologists and live specimens. Studies have shown that tails intertwined either before birth or at an early age, when the bones of baby rats are soft and not strong. Repeated attempts to learn “rat king” in the laboratory always ended failure. The royal captive proudly refused food and perished, as befits a king, taking with him his secret. If the beam unravel, its constituent rats turn into ordinary rodents, no different from their relatives. Only woven together they have power over their subjects. As for terrible find of an estonian peasant then rats scored a bunch transferred to the Zoological Museum of Tartu, where every visitor can look at the real “rat king”.
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