Evening in the Cretaceous
As the sun sets and a full moon comes into view, scavengers gather silently at a kill site. They watch and wait as a gorgosaur eats her fill of a Maiasaura carcass. Is the gorgosaur a killer or a scavenger? She is a fast and agile runner. Perhaps she chased and outran the duckbill, then attacked when it separated from the herd. Or the Maiasaura may have died from sickness or old age and the gorgosaur took advantage of a ready meal.
Feathered, bird-like Bambiraptors sit nearby, watching and waiting for the gorgosaur to leave. One slinks in to snatch a piece of the carcass. This is risky business, since the gorgosaur is within striking distance.
The gorgosaur snarls and snaps at the intruders. A meal this big doesn’t come along everyday. The gorgosaur will make the scavengers wait awhile longer.
