FEATHERED SHOW-OFF OF THE CRETACEOUS: OVIRAPTOR

If ever there were a dinosaur that looked like it had dressed for a gala while everyone else showed up in sensible hiking boots, it was Oviraptor.Picture yourself standing on the warm floodplains of Mongolia some 75 million years ago. The air shimmers with heat. Ferns rustle gently in the breeze. Somewhere nearby, insects hum while distant hadrosaurs grumble to one another. Then,