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Re: "Brooding" Oviraptor



In a message dated 96-01-04 11:21:48 EST, swf@ElSegundoCA.ATTGIS.COM (Stan
Friesen) writes:

> > 
> > Who's to say the Oviraptor wasn't feeding from anothers nest?
> > 
>By sucking the eggs in the back door??  Hardly!
>
>Look at the picture - the *one* thing it is clearly NOT doing is
>eating the eggs.
>
>

Right. It is perched protectively over its food supply to keep other
theropods from scarfing the eggs up. :-)