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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hemalsilva" data-source="post: 7020434" data-attributes="member: 7335"><img src="http://s.ngeo.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/132/cache/snake-eating-dinosaur-babies-drawing_13239_600x450.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Snake's Plan of AttackImage courtesy Wilson et al, PLoS BiologyA diagram shows how the snake's body was positioned at the moment it died. Scientists think the snake slithered into the unguarded nest after detecting the motions of the sauropod as it struggled to break free from its egg. Sauropods were giant long-necked plant-eaters (sauropod picture). Due to the sauropod's young age, the team couldn't determine the dinosaur's species.The researchers think the hatchling was a titanosaur, a group of sauropods that grew to lengths of 65 feet (20 meters) or longer—titanosaurs were common in the region, previously discovered fossils suggest. (See "Eggs Hold Skulls of Titanosaur Embryos.")Published March 1, 2010</blockquote>

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