Microraptor might have hunted like hawks

A crow-sized, feathered dinosaur might have used its feet to snag prey, like modern hawks do. Scientists who compared the fossilised feet of several non-avian dinosaur species found that Microraptor’s protruding toe pads, covered with spiky scales, most resembled those of birds of prey. Other researchers say that toe pads alone aren’t enough to declare that the dinosaur was an aerial hunter. If Microraptor could really fly rather than glide, it would support the debated hypothesis that flight evolved not just in birds, but several times among dinosaurs.