Undisclosed location, southern Alberta – In this past week’s Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS), a report on Troodons that were bird-like reptilian, emu-sized, meat-eating dinosaurs revealed they probably laid eggs in communal nests over 75 million years ago. Studies of the anatomy of Troodons combined with evidence of petrified nests, indicates the flightless creatures must have shared their nests with others.
Troodon nest with multiple eggs (No idea where they got the ruler)
Oddly enough, this discovery has been accompanied by a series of still shots of Troodon-cartoon characterizations. The creation of these cartoons must have been due to a lack of live-action photography, dougzone concludes. In an attempt to gain further input about Troodons, we consulted with a spokes-dinosaur, not surprizingly called Dino.
Dino standing near a nest resembling a Yogo game
dougzone: Humans currently believe your species had communal nests.
Dino: Yes, we definitely yabba-dabba do!
dougzone: It must have been difficult to brood that many eggs!
Dino: Yeah, they got rather slippery because of the yabba-dabba-dew!
Dino strikes a brooding pose
dougzone: With so many of you minding the nest, did it get messy?
Dino: Oh, after the gestation period, there was plenty of yabb-dabba doo-doo!
dougzone: Who would take the night shift during the brooding period?
Dino: One of us was always willing to spend the night yabba-dabba do-dooing on the nest.
Dino and Sassie admire the setting of their nest
dougzone: Tell us about the excitement at hatching time.
Dino: We’d all come running when whoever was minding the nest at the end of the incubation called out, ”They are yabba-dabba due!”
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