Dinosaur Babies

Dinosaur Babies

Apatosaurus Squeak！Squeak！ Is that the sound of a baby dinosaur calling to its mother? Nobody knows. Nobody has ever heard a baby dinosaur. Nobody has seen one.

The age of the dinosaurs ended millions of years ago. But we know a lot about them from what dinosaur hunters have found. . . . footprints teeth bones They have found small baby bones in nests.

They have even found dinosaur eggs. Many dinosaurs were very big. But their eggs were small. The smallest was only as big as a quarter. The biggest was about the size of a football!

Maiasaura Were dinosaurs good mothers? This kind of dinosaur was. She made a nest of mud and laid her eggs in it. Chickens sit on their eggs. But this dinosaur did not. She was too heavy. The eggs would break! She put leaves on the eggs to keep them warm.

Troodon The mother watched the nest. Lots of animals liked to eat dinosaur eggs! She kept them away. Inside the eggs, the babies grew. They breathed through tiny holes in the eggshells.