The meerkat bones are evidence proving the first story to be true. There were meerkat bones found in the lifeboat. Pi says “ ‘Those bone are meerkat bones. Have them checked by an expert.’ ” (pg 300) The only way the bones of meerkats could have gotten into the lifeboat is from the carnivorous island because there were no meerkats from the zoo on the Tsimtsum. In the second story there was no explanation for the meerkat bones being on the lifeboat or the carnivorous island. Mr. Chiba says “ ‘And what about the island? Who were the meerkats?’ ” (pg 312) Mr. Okamoto and Mr. Chiba want to believe the second story because it is more realistic but they can not figure out the reason for there being meerkat bones in the lifeboat if there was none
