Chapter 30 Protoceratosaurus lays eggs
The land of the Cretaceous period is still repeating the story after story.
Every day, new dinosaurs break out of their shells, and some are hunted, sick, and old for various reasons, bidding farewell to this world.
Yang Qian was waiting, hoping to see a new dinosaur break out of its shell soon. He was carefully hiding his body behind a clump of plants at this time, although this was a bit suspicious of stealing the bell, after all, those plants could not cover his huge body at all.
In front of the plant, there was a group of protoceratops that were busy laying eggs in a small forest, and two of them, two particularly tall protoceratops, were the targets of Yang Gan's observation.
He had been following the two Protoceratosaurus for a few days, and it was only today that they had come to the spawning location, where they were making preparations for spawning.
It's at the foot of a hill with not many tall trees, but a small river runs around the hill, giving the nearby vegetation a particularly lush look.
Undoubtedly, this is the most suitable place that Protoceratops have found for the baby Protoceratops to be born, so that they can find plenty of food after birth.
On the plant in front of Yang Qian, there was also a small green winged lizard lying on his stomach, which was Xiaoqing.
At this time, the little one's eyes were also wide, but its purring eyes were purring, and no one knew what it was looking at.
As for the velociraptor that Yang Gan named the queen, he hadn't seen it since then.
This is the Cretaceous Period, the era of giant beasts in the history of the earth, and a velociraptor is only an insignificant life even if it has evolved genetically.
Perhaps it has been lying quietly somewhere, becoming food for other carnivores; Or maybe it's no longer crazy, somewhere in this Cretaceous period, leading a group of velociraptors across the mountains and forests; Or, it has found another velociraptor with a different surname that has also evolved genes, and is waiting to give birth to its own little life.
This is the Cretaceous period, where the miracle of life is everywhere and anything is possible.
A few days after it left, Yang Qian completed his longest-lasting portrayal. When he carved the last stroke, he silently told himself this sentence.
Just like the protoceratosaurus in front of me that is only ready to lay eggs, in the near future, the eggs they lay one after another, isn't it a miracle of life?
Maybe one day after that, I will meet the queen again, and she is in a cave, lighting a fire and roasting meat!
The preparations of the female protoceratops had been done for a long time, so long that Yang Qian had already begun to get impatient.
It is indeed quite impatient, and it takes them ** days to prepare before they officially start spawning.
Unlike pterosaurs, plant-eating dinosaurs could nest on high cliff tops; It's also not like the carnivorous dragons, who themselves have strong forces and their own territory. So you have to be as careful as possible and lay as many eggs as you can at the same time to cope with the existential crisis from nature.
From this moment on, these eggs began to face all kinds of dangers, egg thieves are everywhere, and there are countless creatures that snatch eggs.
Only those eggs that are lucky enough can get the chance of smooth hatching, and if they hatch, they may not be able to grow; When you grow up, you don't necessarily live through the annual migration; If you can migrate smoothly, you may not be able to escape the predation of those ubiquitous predators; Even if you are lucky enough to live all the time, there is no one in a thousand who can evolve; And even if it evolves, it may not be possible to find a suitable mate......
Yang Qian didn't know how he thought of the velociraptor queen again, so he quickly cheered up and carefully observed the female protoceratops who were working hard to lay eggs, especially noting the locations where the two evolved protoceratops laid eggs.
Now he was lying on his stomach in the woods near the mountain, with a few gravel beside him, and a few clumps of plants and a few small trees as cover.
Covering is nothing, but if you dig a big hole in the ground, get some floating dirt, and get into it, you're fine. And Yang Gan did just that.
Because it has been hidden, it has not been discovered by the protoceratops. After clearing the laying grounds, they walked around for a few days and waited for a few days to prevent future dangers. It's a pity that the road is one foot high, and the demon is one foot high, and he didn't find the huge dinosaur crocodile hidden nearby. Otherwise, they will definitely change to a new spawning ground in no time.
Between the sparse trees, rudimentary nests were dug into them, and only a few branches and leaves were laid on them. Next, gray dinosaur eggs with spots fell into it.
The female protoceratosaurs carefully arranged the eggs and not messed them up. Then start to cover it with some dead branches, leaves and floating soil, and the first step of the whole reproduction process is completed.
Next, there will be a long wait of almost two months until these eggs hatch.
This hill is not too close to the mountains that stretch in the distance, and the danger from the mountains and forests will be much less, which undoubtedly eases the work of the female protoceratosaurus.
But it is not without danger, the aura emitted by the female protoceratops when laying eggs has attracted some pretenders, but at this time, the protoceratops are guarding, and those egg thieves dare not come.
However, as soon as Yang Qian saw those egg thieves, his eyes turned a little red.
It's not that enemies don't get together!
The first batch of egg thieves to come over were none other than the Toothless Dragon.
Thinking about the embarrassment of being framed by a certain kind of these guys when he first stepped into the forest, and then being chased by a group of female earthquake dragons for several mountains, Yang Qian felt a little gritted his teeth.
But now the egg thieves don't have a chance, and the female protoceratops always burst out with surprising courage when it comes to protecting their offspring. Without adequate force, most carnivorous dinosaurs would rather have the idea of hitting the protoceratosaurus that left alone to forage for food, rather than the idea of hitting the eggs.
Except for these thieves who specialize in stealing eggs.
Time passed day by day, and Yang Qian lay there quietly like a stone, even if he occasionally turned over and made some movement, it would not attract the attention of the female protoceratops.
Because when they look this way alertly, they will always see a small green lizard swinging on a branch above.
The protoceratosaurus that guards the egg is not too wary of an empty-tailed lizard, after all, its harmless appearance and slender body do not look like it is stealing eggs.
Wound-toothed dragons were typical opportunists, sending out sentinels almost daily to observe the female protoceratosaurs, and although they never succeeded, they never gave up.
On this day, when most of the Protoceratops went out to feed, leaving only an evolved Protoceratops and a common Protoceratops to guard, they finally got into action.