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Re: beaks, teeth, gastroliths, unzipper-foot-claws


--- On Tue, 7/28/09, Dann Pigdon 
> 
> As far as I know, 'terror birds' had no such specialised
> toe. However ostriches and emus (which 
> also lack a 'killing claw') can also do a fair amount of
> kicking damage. Then again, they don't have 
> a terrifyingly hooked beak to fall back on.


Perhaps, but these feet sure look lethal all the same to me:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Paraphysornis_BW-2r.jpg