Besides the Estonian specimen, post-2000, squirrel king instances have been reported. Found alive in both cases, veterinarians had to separate them since they were potentially fatally stuck together else they could starve or get eaten by a predator.[1] Thus, a "squirrel king"[9] of six squirrels stuck together with pine sap was found in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada in June 2013, and five juvenile grey squirrels were found in Wisconsin, US, in 2018.[10] For the five, the surrounding nest material, grass and plastic got further entangled with them. The knot caused some tissue damage to their tails.[11]