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I would put
my bets on omnivore/carnivore. However, the closest to an evidence of
Oviraptor's diet is a Velociraptor hatchling (or embryo?) found in its nest. So
we might be quite sure that it robbed other animals nests, after all (eggs
included, of course). Therefore, the more appropriate name would be
"Nest-robber". Nuts and mollusks are still a speculation deducted from
the shape of the beak and a pair of peg-like teeth.
By the
way, doesn't it look a bit too much coincidence that its contemporary
Protoceratops also had a pair of peculiar teeth (though of a different shape) in
its upper jaw right behind the beak?
Berislav Krzic
veselinka.stanisavac@siol.net Beri's Dinosaur World http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/1638/index.html Dinosaur Books http://www2.siol.net/ext/zza/index.html "Where were
you last night?"
"I went to the
movies."
"Alone?"
"No, there was about
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