Chart of the day: The boom of the bin chicken

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Not since the days of Thoth have ibises been met with such worship.

According to data from Google Trends, interest in their nickname, "bin chicken", has seen a sharp rise over the past 18 months.

The boom seemingly got into full flight around April 2017, not long after a Planet Earth parody video featuring bin chickens was uploaded to YouTube.

They narrowly missed out on the "bird of the year" title last year — but perhaps 2018 is the year of the bin chicken.

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Topics: human-interest, environment, australia

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