Dinosaur Nest with Hatchling and Eggs

A round twig-and-mud nest with a deep bowl. Inside lie two oval, textured eggs and a third egg that has cracked open, with a cute cartoon-style baby dinosaur climbing out, its rounded head and short snout resting on the broken shell. Twigs are woven around the rim. Fossils of nests, eggshell fragments and young dinosaurs found together, at sites such as Egg Mountain in Montana, suggest that some dinosaurs cared for their hatchlings in the nest, much like many birds today. It makes a lovely cent…

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