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‘Hell chicken’ dinosaur likely dined on fruit, not meat
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‘Hell chicken’ dinosaur likely dined on fruit, not meat

So, the aptly nicknamed “hell chicken” may have preferred fruit to meat. Using CT scans to reconstruct its skull and jaw, researchers found that its jaw moved back and forth, making it well suited to mash soft foods rather than bite down forcefully. They think this turkey-sized dinosaur likely ate drupes, fruits with a hard pit and soft flesh, like peaches or cherries. And here's the intriguing part: its fruit-filled diet may offer clues to how flowering plants and fruit-eating dinosaurs evolved alongside each other, though a direct link remains unproven.
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