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Ep.03: First Meal

By the end of the day, the hatchling Protoceratops express their famine. Panza is accompanied with 14 siblings, a large number of baby dinosaurs. Although surrounded by their neighbours, the nest is temporarily abandoned by their mother, and therefore, left unchecked. It feels contradictory, given it was not too long ago that the nest was nearly raided by a Velociraptor, though the predators here tend to be more active at night, rather than during the day. Baby Protoceratops are born defenseless and weak, so they stay in the nest, waiting for their mother to return with food. The adult female returns to feed Panza and the other dino chicks with a mouthful of vegetation. Munching on the greenery, the babies taste food for the first time, and they can't be picky. This little family is tranquil, but other Protoceratops find commotion. The duo of Udanoceratops has stayed around the vicinities of the Protoceratops nesting ground, and while this is territory for the juvenile to explore, it sparks preoccupation on the overly protective Protoceratops. One female hisses at the curious young Udanoceratops in an attempt to draw it away from her nest. While the larger ceratopsians are false threats, real predators still slither between gaps of parental attention. A Gobiderma pulchrum runs away with a prey on its mouth: a baby dinosaur. Although it would appear its a baby Protoceratops, it is actually a hadrosauroid hatchling. Just like Protoceratops, hadrosauroids are born defenseless and have to stay in the nest. However, in the Djadochta, the resources are scarse for most large animals, so hadrosauroids here are forced to be less gregarious and, as a result, are rarer. The hadrosauroid nest was probably laid in proximity to the Protoceratops in an attempt to find mutual protection, but instead of procuring a more adequate nesting ground in lusher areas, the ornithopod pays the price by having one of its babies consumed by a gluttonous lizard. Panza will have to be careful for the next days, before she is old enough to walk out of the nest for herself.

Description
Ep.03: First Meal

By the end of the day, the hatchling Protoceratops express their famine. Panza is accompanied with 14 siblings, a large number of baby dinosaurs. Although surrounded by their neighbours, the nest is temporarily abandoned by their mother, and therefore, left unchecked. It feels contradictory, given it was not too long ago that the nest was nearly raided by a Velociraptor, though the predators here tend to be more active at night, rather than during the day. Baby Protoceratops are born defenseless and weak, so they stay in the nest, waiting for their mother to return with food. The adult female returns to feed Panza and the other dino chicks with a mouthful of vegetation. Munching on the greenery, the babies taste food for the first time, and they can't be picky. This little family is tranquil, but other Protoceratops find commotion. The duo of Udanoceratops has stayed around the vicinities of the Protoceratops nesting ground, and while this is territory for the juvenile to explore, it sparks preoccupation on the overly protective Protoceratops. One female hisses at the curious young Udanoceratops in an attempt to draw it away from her nest. While the larger ceratopsians are false threats, real predators still slither between gaps of parental attention. A Gobiderma pulchrum runs away with a prey on its mouth: a baby dinosaur. Although it would appear its a baby Protoceratops, it is actually a hadrosauroid hatchling. Just like Protoceratops, hadrosauroids are born defenseless and have to stay in the nest. However, in the Djadochta, the resources are scarse for most large animals, so hadrosauroids here are forced to be less gregarious and, as a result, are rarer. The hadrosauroid nest was probably laid in proximity to the Protoceratops in an attempt to find mutual protection, but instead of procuring a more adequate nesting ground in lusher areas, the ornithopod pays the price by having one of its babies consumed by a gluttonous lizard. Panza will have to be careful for the next days, before she is old enough to walk out of the nest for herself.