Monday, March 1, 2010

Giant dino-eating snake killed in action

This is life-sized reconstruction reveals what may have been a baby dinosaur\'s last glimpse, just before a giant snake devoured the hatchling. The window into the past was made possible by remains of an ancient serpent coiled around crushed dinosaur eggs. Credit: Sculpture by Tyler Keillor and original photography by Ximena Erickson; image modified by Bonnie Miljour.

This is life-sized reconstruction reveals what may have been a baby dinosaur's last glimpse, just before a giant snake devoured the hatchling. The window into the past was made possible by remains of an ancient serpent coiled around crushed dinosaur eggs. Credit: Sculpture by Tyler Keillor and original photography by Ximena Erickson; image modified by Bonnie Miljour.

A huge snake had just slithered into a sauropod's nesting ground, but a sudden landslide enveloped and killed all involved, as stunning fossils show.

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