According to our sentimental "School of Nature Study," the birds should have untied and unsnarled the strings in a human way, but they did not; they simply tugged at them, bringing their weight to bear, and tried to fly away with the loose end.
"Ways of Nature"
John Burroughs
But he could get the Bunch unsnarled and in motion.
"The Planet Strappers"
Raymond Zinke Gallun
Couldn't with all my exertions get the tangle unsnarled, and it was only eventually accomplished by the Captain of the Police Division, who came to my assistance, and made every thing all right in about two minutes and a half.
"Doesticks, What He Says"
Q. K. Philander Doesticks