Kilkenny cats
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The Kilkenny cats are a fabled pair of cats from County Kilkenny (or Kilkenny city in particular) in Ireland, who fought each other so ferociously that only their tails remained at the end of the battle. Often the absurd implication is that they have eaten each other.
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See also
- Self-cannibalism
- Ouroboros, an ancient symbol depicting a serpent or dragon eating its own tail
- Strange loop
- Mutual assured destruction
- The Great Cat Massacre — by printers' apprentices in 1730s France
- Spartoi, in Greek myth fought each other till all (or all but five) were killed
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