Oviraptor
Oviraptor is a genus of small Mongolian theropod dinosaurs, first discovered by technician George Olsen in an expedition led by Roy Chapman Andrews, and first described by Henry Fairfield Osborn, in 1924. Its name is Latin for 'egg taker' or "egg seizer", referring to the fact that the first fossil specimen was discovered atop a pile of what were thought to be Protoceratops eggs, and the specific name philoceratops means "lover of ceratopsians", also given as a result of this find. In his 1924 paper, Osborn explained that the name was given due to the close proximity of the skull of Oviraptor to the nest (it was separated from the eggs by only 4 inches or 10 centimetres of sand). However, Osborn also suggested that the name Oviraptor "may entirely mislead us as to its feeding habits and belie its character". In the 1990s, the discovery of nesting oviraptorids like Citipati proved that Osborn was correct in his caution regarding the name. These finds showed that the eggs in question probably belonged to Oviraptor itself, and that the specimen was actually brooding its eggs, when it died at the nest.
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Everybody Here
by: Kathy MarThe music has been sweet and fine but no matter how together we seem
Tomorrow morning some of you people will be saying this was only a dream
But before I put my songs away and all of you forget about me
I want everybody here to stop what you're doing
And write down your address for me
There's something about just feeling so good that makes it very hard to believe
That a time is coming for us all when we must get up on our feet and leave
But there's one thing I want you to do and I hope that you will all agree
I want everybody here to stop what you're doing
And write down your address for me
And one of these days when I get the chance I will send a little note to you
Or give you a call if you'll put down your number
And tell you that the dream is true
And a day will dawn when the light of hope will shine for everyone to see
So I want everybody here to pick up a pencil
And write down your address for me
Now some of you people will say that I'm crazy believing that my love is a lie
But if somebody doesn't hold on to that dream
Then we might as well just give up and die
If we can't keep just one dream alive then how can we ever be free
So I want everybody here to stop what you're doing
And write down your address for me
I want everybody here to pick up a pencil
And write down your address for me
I want everybody here to stop what you're doing