Re: Continental predators, etc.

["David Marjanovic" <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

> * I'd say the reason for have one or two eggs at a time means a high
> survival rate. If there is a low survival rate for a species, then you
need
> lots of eggs to make sure the species survives. Its not the size of the
egg,
> but the size of the clutch that really matters.
>
> For dinosaurs there was a low survival rate so you need lots of eggs to
> perpetuate the species.
>
> *
> Tracy L. Ford

As in modern birds, oviraptorid and troodontid clutches contained lots of
eggs because the cycle of egg laying and producing was repeated over days.
In fact, the 20 -- 30 eggs I recall for such clutches are AFAIK at the upper
end of the range for birds (many of which nest in much less accessible
places).