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The Mystery of the Squid Beak Explained A squid is like a mass of gelatinous tissues. Still, its razor-sharp parrot-like beak is one of the toughest natural materials. The beak of a jumbo squid can sever the nerve cord of a large fish, paralyzing it, and they can do this to divers as well. But each time they bite, powerful forces exert pressure on the soft... 28 March 2008 04:37 GMT Missing Link in the Evolution of the Horned Dinosaurs Discovered! The Triceratops is one of the best known species of dinosaurs: the huge, horned, rhinoceros like beast, up to 9 m (30 ft) long, 3 m (10 ft) tall and 12 tonnes heavy. But the huge beast and its relatives rooted from dwarf, dog-sized hornless Asian dinosaurs. A new species of dinosaurs discovered in a Montana is the lo... 4 October 2007 06:13 GMT Human-Sized Penguin Found on the Hot Beaches of Peru Most penguins are a little bigger than a duck, with some exceptions, but their prehistoric cousins were much larger and unlike modern ice-loving species, they might have basked in a warm beach on the Peruvian coast over 30 million years ago, as two fossils suggest. One species had a seven-inch (18 cm) beak, was 5 ft ... 26 June 2007 04:58 GMT