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Birds bend it like Beckham



An article of interest on the most specialised theropods of them all:

HIGH-SPEED photography has shown that hummingbirds bend a beak to
capture insects, the first time that this trick has been seen in birds.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,9225117%255E13762,00.html

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Dann Pigdon                   Australian Dinosaurs:
GIS / Archaeologist         http://www.geocities.com/dannsdinosaurs
Melbourne, Australia        http://www.alphalink.com.au/~dannj/
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