In September of 2018, five baby Eastern gray squirrels got their tails knotted in the nest. In 2018, the two wildlife rehabilitators gained international fame for performing the identical feat: successfully untangling knotted balls of baby squirrels. “We get all sorts of animals in all sorts of predicaments,” said Diehl, wildlife director at the Wisconsin Humane Society. A squirrel’s nest — or drey — is often a small chamber in the hollow of a tree. Stastny and Diehl both said they’d untangled baby squirrels before, but never did they receive such attention afterward.

Source: Washington Post April 16, 2019 21:33 UTC