Angry bird's unique wing weapon revealed
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 - 06:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
(Phys.org) —The solitaire bird was a giant flightless pigeon that, like its closest relative the dodo, became extinct soon after European explorers settled in its habitat. It had a strange knob-like ball on its wing and although it was known to be aggressive, it was unclear what this structure was for, until now.