beak

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As their diets diversified, their beaks evolved to match the ecological roles they occupied.

From Science Daily

Both are clearly different from the only cetacean circovirus previously known, beaked whale circovirus, which was identified earlier in a stranded whale from the Pacific Ocean.

From Science Daily

"He had a small laceration to his beak and one just on the left side of his body - but other than that, he was pretty much absolutely fine," she said.

From BBC

More of the creature has now been recovered at the reserve - including its beak which is a hard mouth part used for crushing prey.

From BBC

Over time, however, many of the stranger pairs began sharing space more comfortably and eventually perched together, touched beaks or groomed each other.

From Science Daily