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Pol Fernandez

Lovely Grub: Prehistoric Birds Preferred Bugs To Fish Says Study

Prehistoric dinosaur birds preferred to snack on insects instead of fish, a new study has revealed.

It had been believed that the 120 million-year-old Longipterygidae family’s long beaks with sharp teeth at the tip put them in a similar class to modern kingfishers.

Now new research has shown that the strange avians actually ate insects rather than fish.

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