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Even the behavior of Velociraptor was probably birdlike. suggests that it ran after its prey and pounced on them like
Related dinosaurs laid their eggs in nests and sat on the a flightless eagle, pinning animals to the ground with the
eggs to keep them warm, using their “wings” to shelter them. special, enlarged claws on its feet. The hunter would then
Velociraptor almost certainly nested like this, perhaps in pairs, tear into its unlucky victim with its sharp-edged, serrated
and while one of the pair brooded the eggs, the other would teeth, ripping it to pieces. It may even have taken some of
go hunting. Recent research into how Velociraptor hunted the meat back to the nest for its mate.
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