Strange beaked 'hell chicken' is the first fruit-eating dinosaur

Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WASHINGTON — While dinosaurs ate a lot of different things, including each other, fruit long seemed to have been absent from their menu. But scientists now have found fossils of a toothless, turkey-sized dinosaur with a parrot-like head that exhibited multiple adaptations for a specialized fruit diet. kAm%9:D 7:CDE\65 x?76C?@82==FD ;2>6D:[ =:G65 23@FE ee >:==:@? J62CD 28@ 5FC:?8 E96 rC6E246@FD !6C:@5 2E E96 EH:=:89E @7 E96 286 @7 5:?@D2FCD 2?5 5:DA=2J65 EC2:ED @? :ED 362< 2?5 ;2HD 7@C >2D9:?8 D@7E 7@@5 =:<6 7CF:E] xE :D 7@DD:=D F?62CE965 :? |@?E2?2 2?5 }@CE9 s2<@E2]k^Am kAm%96 ?2>6 x?76C?@82==FD >62?D Q96== 49:4<6?[Q 2 ?@5 E@ :ED 3:C5\=:<6 2AA62C2?46 2?5 E96 724E E92E :ED 7@DD:=D H6C6 7@F?5 :? 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