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Why dinosaurs arranged their eggs in a doughnut shape

A 1,600-kilogram brooding parent could be a danger to developing offspring.
Illustration of a large oviraptorosaur incubating a ring of eggs

A type of feathered dinosaur called an oviraptorosaur broods its eggs in this artist’s rendering. Credit: Masato Hattori

Massive dinosaurs built specially designed nests to avoid crushing their eggs during incubation.

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Nature 557, 470 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-05192-z

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