These meat-eating birds, have sharp, hooked beaks that pierce, pluck and pull, allowing them to tear up their meals. Without this beak shape, raptors wouldnt be able to tear their meat into bite ...

A new fossil find reveals an unexpected bird from that time—one with a whopping, great toucan-like beak. The fossil, named Falcatakely forsterae, comes from late Cretaceous rocks in Madagascar.