[Zuben Elgenubi]

Daley speculates that the shield acted as a feeding aid, funneling prey toward the animal's appendages.

I would speculate it folded within itself, like an aadvark, for protection.

[going hot]

armadillo perhaps?

[TigersEye]

Daley speculates that the shield acted as a feeding aid, funneling prey toward the animal's appendages.

I would speculate it folded within itself, like an aadvark, for protection.

I'll give it a shot.

It kept egg clusters and hatchlings under the shield for protection. Hatchlings could eat scraps of the prey the adult was shredding.