You are in the woodlands of South America, 80 million years ago.

The air in the arid, scrub-covered landscape of what is now Patagonia, was thick with heat and the scent of dust. You crouched behind a cluster of ferns, observing a small herd of titanosaurs navigating the sparse woodland. They were not the giants one typically envisions; these were Bonitasaura, roughly 30 feet in length, with notably short, muscular necks that seemed almost disproportionate to their long, whip-like tails that sway from side to side.

The creature closest to you acted with a surprisingly efficient, almost violent feeding method. Unlike the gentle, slow browsing of larger sauropods, the Bonitasaura was actively foraging. It approached a tall, woody shrub—too tough for most herbivores. With its surprisingly squared-off, low skull, it wrapped its mouth around a thick branch. specialized with a sharp ridge, functioned like a, guillotine. With a quick, powerful downward motion, it sheared through the tough vegetation, reducing the leaves and twigs instantly with its peg-like, comb-like teeth. It tore at the plant, feeding in loud, quick mouthfuls… but stops grinding on its food, when it sees you looking at it as you observed its behavior. It blinks its small eyes in surprise at you, with the broken leaves and twigs still in its mouth, and remained still…