Rehabbers anesthetized the squirrels and carefully worked to detangle the little tails — a puzzle the Humane Society jokingly described as a "Gordian Knot," a reference to a challenge faced by ...

In 333 B.C., Alexander the Great faced the challenge of untying the enormous and complicated Gordian Knot. Many had tried and, though the reward was a kingdom, all had failed. Alexander drew his ...

Five young squirrels near Milwaukee, Wisconsin, get their tails tangled together in a “Gordian knot” in their nest, and had to be anesthetized for wildlife rescuers to untangled and free them ...