A new study suggests that dinosaurs may have participated in an odd mating ritual, which involves "dancing" to attract a potential mate.

According to an evidence found by Colorado paleontologists, Dinosaurs may have displayed a type of behavior known as "scraping" that is commonly done by modern ground-nesting birds such as puffins, plovers and parrots.

The Los Angeles Times reported that the scratches were found scattered in four different areas in Dakota Sandstone in Colorado, with each of the mark averaged about 6.6-feet in length. The researchers also said that the scratching footprints were made by the same animal.

In an article by Science Mag, they theorized that the marks were done by the Acrocanthosaurus -- a huge meat-eating dinosaur that lived about 110 million years ago and was also one of the largest carnivores in the area.

According to Martin Lockley, co-author of the study, these scrape marks are unlike what other scientists had seen before. When they first saw the marks done by the Dinosaurs, it was covered in sand. However, more traces of the scratches emerged, with even 60 of them found in just one site.

But they also acknowledged other theories that these marks may just the Dinosaurs looking for water; however, they noted that this part of North America was abundant in water during the Cretaceous period so that theory may be unlikely.

There are strong suggestions that the behavior exhibited by the Acrocanthosaurus is some type of "psuedo nest building."

According to Lockley, "During the breeding season, the males start to get excited and show off to their mates by scratching to say, Look, I can build a nest!" he told LiveScience.

Another scientist named Paul Sweet said that this type of behavior is typical to many branches in the bird family tree. It should be noted even though he is not involved in the study, he said that birds like the male sage grouse will gather season after season in an open area and will display similar behavior.

Lockley also noted that even though there's an extensive phylogenetic and morphological support, the behavior exhibited by the reptiles still remains ambiguous since it cannot be fossilized.

He and his co-authors then wrote, "Thus, inferences that dinosaurs, especially theropods, displayed behavior analogous to modern birds are intriguing, but speculative."

Still, he lamented that every five or 10 years, new evidence appears that will make scientists exclaim why haven't they found this before and said that he would not be surprised if another batch of these sites appear in a few years.

Despite the lack of solid proof, it's fun to think that these new findings at the least gives us an idea on how these ancient beasts lived.