Ancient Water Bird Survived Attack by Short-Necked 'Sea Monster'

Scientists have found what may be the world's luckiest Hesperornis — an ancient water bird that escaped the snapping jaws of a plesiosaur about 70 million years ago in prehistoric South Dakota. Still, the plesiosaur got a good bite out of the Hesperornis, a large, flightless diving bird that lived during the late Cretaceous period, when dinosaurs roamed the world. "Basically, the plesiosaur came in from the side," said study co-author Bruce Rothschild, a professor of medicine at Northeast