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Only in New York, kids: Hundreds of people turn out for a showdown between a chicken-penguin named Chegwin and a chicken-skunk, Chunk, for Chove, obviously a chicken-dove, on Lafayette Street this past Saturday. Jake captured the event, noting that "after about 15 minutes of mini-riot/art-theatre, the police broke it up." Gothamist fully supports hybrid animal performance art on city streets. Will Ligers versus...um, Zebears (think stripey bears!) be next?

Verbose Coma also covered Chenguin vs Chunk, The Homecoming!. More: The official Chegwin site where you can download a Chengwin mask, see videos and more photos.