PBS Eons: The Case of the Dinosaur Egg Thief

 

There’s a new PBS Eons episode.  This one’s about Oviraptor.  The would be “Egg Thief” is now a caring mother…

Paleontologists found a small theropod dinosaur skull right on top of a nest of eggs that were believed to belong to a plant-eating dinosaur. Instead of being the nest robbers that they were originally thought to be, raptors like this one would reveal themselves to actually be caring parents.

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