Word: dromaeosaurs
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Another clue to the monster's motherly instincts may come from two tiny skulls that Norell found in the nest. They belong to a different type of predatory dinosaur known as dromaeosaurs. While they could have been egg stealers themselves, they could also have been brought in by the mother oviraptor as food. Or they might have emerged from eggs sneaked into the nest by a mother dromaeosaur so her young could be raised by unsuspecting surrogate parents -- a strategy used by modern cuckoos...
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