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Oviraptor got its name, "egg thief," because a fossil specimen was found with an Oviraptor buried over a clutch of eggs that were believed to belong to Protoceratops. Ironically, the eggs were its eggs, so it got the name "egg thief" because it was found fossilized protecting its own eggs!

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Oviraptor had a tall crest on top of its head.This bird-like creature fed on other dinosaurs' eggs,which it scooped up in its three-fingered hands and cracked open with its strong jaws. Oviraptors were about two meters long.

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