Re: "Brooding" Oviraptor

[ornstn@inforamp.net (Ronald Orenstein)]

>Who's to say the Oviraptor wasn't feeding from anothers nest?
>
>-Tyrranosaurus mex
>

Highly unlikely, if its posture is any guide.  The fossil is not just at the
nest; it is sitting crouched over it with its arms wrapped protectively
round the eggs.  The posture is so similar to that of a brooding bird that
it would be a remarkable coincidence if it were, in fact, predating the eggs
instead.
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