Norwegian__Blue t1_itucfc6 wrote
Reply to comment by marketrent in Fossil bird’s skull reconstruction reveals a brain made for sense of smell more than birds today, and eyes made for seeing in daytime more than in nighttime. by marketrent
Higher olfaction makes me wonder if they could’ve been scavengers. Aren’t most bird scavengers active during the day too? I don’t know that taxonomy, but it does make me wonder if modern avian scavengers are more basal or have more remaining basal traits.
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