Tag: trace analysis
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Splatatouille: A Squirrel Rather Than a Rat Debunked by Science
What was once a quirky urban mystery On a damp stretch of West Roscoe Street in Chicago, a peculiar imprint in the concrete captured the public imagination. Dubbed “Splatatouille” in a light-hearted public naming contest, the footprint-like mark suggested something extraordinary had fallen onto wet pavement. The image spread across social media in 2024, prompting…
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Splatatouille: ResearchersIdentify Chicago’s Famous Memento as a Squirrel
Unraveling a Mysterious Mark on West Roscoe Street What began as a quirky urban legend—the so-called “Splatatouille” imprint—has now been given a scientific label. In a study published in Biology Letters, researchers from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, argue that the famous hole in Chicago’s sidewalk was most likely made by an eastern gray squirrel,…