Easter Island

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Rats on the menu? A new chemical analysis reveals the inhabitants of Easter Island consumed a diet that was lacking in seafood and was, literally, quite ratty. http://oak.ctx.ly/r/d4rp

The island, first settled around A.D. 1200, is famous for its more than 1,000 "walking" Moai statues, most of which originally faced inland.