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to become some of the largest animals known to have walked the
earth. However, floods occasionally inundated the nesting site during
incubation, burying the eggs under a layer of mud and killing the
developing embryos inside.
Except for the occasional carnage caused by the floods, this por-
trait of the nesting scene seems rather peaceful and pastoral. But
based upon another discovery made during the 1999 expedition,
that perception is misleading. A menacing terror lurked in the shad-
ows of the floodplain.
