Extinct Bird Sculptures Made With Chicken Bones

Christy Rupp has a clever use for chicken bones that would otherwise be discarded: she turns them into sculptures of extinct birds. For example, the birds above are Carolina parakeets, which were last seen in 1913.

Rupp's statement says that she is "trying to repair environmental holes by retrofitting a series of extinct birds from the recycled bones of fast food chickens." For another sculpture with an environmentally friendly slant, check out this bottle cap nautilus.