What is the difference between a the claws of a perching bird and of a flesh eating bird.
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The beaks of birds of prey are generally sharply hooked at the end. An exception is birds that wait around and catch fish, frogs and crustaceans. Those kinds of birds tend to have long straight beaks or even curved beaks like flamingos. Their beaks do not need a sharp hook because they tend to eat their prey in one bite. But if you're thinking of the straight-up “killer” look, the kind of beak that a bird would have if it could take down a goat and tear it to pieces…then you're thinking of a stereotypical Eagle beak. To complicate matters, some birds like parrots do have curved beaks but do not use them for catching prey or tearing it to pieces. You can tell the difference though because their beak has a more smooth curve and is designed for cracking open shells. Really, if you look at any bird. And I mean any bird. You can usually identify what it does and how it eats by its beak.As far as feet, some birds do have strong looking feet and long curved nails. Parrots are another good example. But if you look at the feet of a bird of prey they are wildly powerful. They do their catching and killing with their feet so the nails are very very sharp.
In closing, the in closing, the beak is for ripping and eating. The feet are generally for catching