CHICKEN BONES (PART 2)

The shocking conclusion you've been waiting for.

An AI-generated chicken-rat

Looking for part 1? Click here.

Today, Search Engine published the second part of our investigation into the great chicken bones mystery, in which we report our experiment to identify the culprit, and talk to an expert. Here’s the episode:

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WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD!!!

And without further ado, here’s the surveillance video we recorded during our experiment:

And the aftermath:

For reference, here's what the bones looked like before we placed them outside:

@staytunednbcWe’ve got the video evidence to prove it: here’s why there are so many #chickenbones on the street. If you are a #dog owner in a major city you’ve probably encountered the chicken bones that litter city sidewalks. Turns out, humans aren’t the only ones to blame. Listen to the full two-part investigation on @Search Engine.

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Lastly, here’s some additional readings from the rat expert himself, Jason Munshi-South

• I’ve Studied N.Y.C. Rodents for 12 Years. The Enemy Is Us. (2023)

• Evolution of life in urban environments (2017)

• Brown rat demography reveals pre-commensal structure in eastern Asia prior to expansion into Southeast Asia during the Song dynasty (2018)

• Spatial population genomics of the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) in New York City (2018)

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Finally, we just want to say thank you to PJ and the Search Engine team: Sruthi, Garrott, Armen, Sinta, and Noah (Search Engine’s Version). We can’t overstate how much of a blast this project was to work on ever since we cold-emailed PJ last summer with our dumb ideas. We’ve said it a million times by now, but please stay tuned for our next moves. More on that shortly.