Everything you need to know about: Raptors

[@bkjeong4302]

The idea of claws being used both for attacking prey (including larger prey) and climbing isn’t odd at all: cats and mustelids do both.

[@barrybarlowe5640]

Think chickens, secretary birds, cassowaries. It's not used for predation, specifically, but might be utilized on smaller, troublesome prey. I question the statement that large birds are herbivores, only. Chickens often beat small rodents and snakes to death, before ingesting them whole, but they are considered herbivores by most. My personal theory is that all living things will not pass up an easy meal. Its more a matter of how much trouble acquiring it is. Deer, Cows, Sheep, Horses, will often nibble on dead animals.

[@stevepalpatine2828]

Chickens are absolutely predators. Anyone who has kept chickens and watched a flock of chickens hunt down mice has no problem picturing the relationship to dinosaurs.

[@LawnXMowerXGaming]

There are very few carnivores or herbivores. Most animals are omnivores by technicality. Chickens are classified herbivores because the majority of their diet is made up of plants. However, sometimes plants don’t provide all the nutrients required to keep certain animals alive. It’s common in animals to supplement their diet. A diet of all plants can leave out certain proteins or minerals. Many animals considered to be herbivores do this. Deer, horses, cows and sheep. It also goes other ways. Certain carnivores will intentionally eat plant or plant materials to balance their diet out. Only a rare few animals are strictly carnivore or herbivore. Those are often referred to as “obligate carnivores”

[@TheMightyN]

Cassowaries, being a bad example, use their claw to eviscerate all potential threats or rivals. It is a weapon specifically for defense not to use against prey. And that said, Chickens don't have killing claws.

[@KhanArtist3]

​@@LawnXMowerXGamingno, chickens are recognized as omnivores, the only people who say they are herbivores are large farming companies so they can abuse their animals by not feeding them proteins. Every small farmer or chicken owner you ask will say they are omnivores

[@KhanArtist3]

You have the right idea, but we know from the famous fossil of protoceratops and velociraptor that they did absolutely use their claws to hunt large prey. We know that they would probably use a method similar to modern raptors where they pin down prey and rip chunks off with their mouth, and for larger prey, stabbing their toe claw into the throat or stomach to cause bleeding

[@DreadEnder]

Anyone else hating this new unskippable 15 second apple ad?

[@wyattrippy5939]

I'm a raptor when I see that you've uploaded

[@dagoodboy6424]

Megaraptor is my fave dino

[@edgeofsanity9111]

Now I wanna see a video like this on Troodontids

[@Geiger1983]

Your videos are amazing and I learn a lot. Only sometimes I get lost with the names. It would be nice reading them on the screen though

[@dino-gen]

Noted, I’ll be putting them on from now on, thanks for the feedback 😊

[@mikeg2306]

Both the fossil record and the fact that dramaeosaurs had wing feathers strongly suggests that they were secondarily terrestrial, whether that means they evolved from flyers or gliders being uncertain.

[@subraxas]

Henry Cavill's younger brother in action again! 😀

[@dino-gen]

I'm so tweeting him all these comments one day 😂

[@subraxas]

@@dino-gen Yep, yep! Do it! 😀

[@laurachapple6795]

'You can't keep a microraptor in your Gucci handbag' just you watch me. I'll get it a rhinestone collar and knit it a little sweater while I'm at it.

[@dino-gen]

😂

[@makstef6809]

Men will see this species and be "Hell yeah 🏍"

[@brucefsanders]

You must get sick of people observing that you are very cute but the smart still shines through . . .

[@dino-gen]

Nah, people have said worse to me on a regular basis 😂 though I'm glad something else is noticed 😉 lol

[@__-be1gk]

There being no evidence for smilodon having fur is the best fact in this video

[@chrisdonish]

Every living cat has fur, why wouldn't smilodon?

[@captainnyet9855]

@@chrisdonish that's the point.

[@bearzilla2462]

The beard/stache is sorely missed. It suited you well and gave a scholarly look.

[@dino-gen]

Don't worry, the winter coat makes a comeback every year 😉

[@randomshooter]

Wait- 50 second ago-? That's a new record for me-

[@randomcontent2205]

Hi there dino generation, another great video! Love me some dagger legged ground running hawks with teeth LOL

[@dino-gen]

Glad you enjoyed 😊

[@erichtomanek4739]

Technical talk is nice you clever girl!

[@peterburridge9346]

The dromaeosaurid are one of my favourite groups of dinosaur. I like this video because you keep it easy and simple when getting your message across keep up the good work

[@dino-gen]

Glad you like it! Thank you 🙂

[@danilodesouza6461]

You have researched, written, hosted, recorded, edited, and uploaded this video by yourself? I guess you were not joking about being a clever girl... Jokes aside, I find it funny when people complain about feathered dinosaurs. Sometimes, I wonder how a different species would reconstruct human fossils

[@HammboneBob]

Raptors are weird. Like that maip fella.

[@JulioConnory]

Acting like the toe claw only had one purpose is wildly ignorant and not supported by the rest of our knowledge about life and evolution. It was for all of the above plus several we haven't thought up yet.

[@keegan8505]

How can you not have a gf , whilst possessing knowledge of this depth ?!

[@princessinmittens4783]

Maybe he's too busy acquiring this knowledge?🤷

[@matthewduvall9941]

Does anyone know the name of the artist of the thumbnail art?

[@dino-gen]

Fred Weirum, one of my favourite paleo-artists along with Emily Willoughby, highly recommend checking them out!

[@P.ilhaformosatherium]

Oh Deinonychosauria nice

[@princessinmittens4783]

I just don't understand, if all the dinosaurs were wiped out then how could any animal alive now have evolved from them?

[@dino-gen]

Well, that's because they weren't actually all wiped out, the only lineage to survive the K-Pg mass extinction was in fact birds, which is why you'll often hear me use the term 'non-avian dinosaurs' in reference to any dinosaur that isn't a bird. Hope this helps 🙂

[@princessinmittens4783]

@@dino-gen I know I'm going to sound stupid but when I learned of them in school and I'm 38 now. I'm trying to understand about dinosaurs. You are the only person who has explained this easily for me. So yes, you have helped me a lot. Thanks so much!

[@dino-gen]

You don’t sound stupid at all! Not many people today know that fact despite how well known the fact is among the paleo community. Glad I could help 😊

[@princessinmittens4783]

@@dino-gen Thank you for your understanding! you are appreciated!

[@powerbalancevathelastkitsu2504]

Power: I'mma burn him in my dragon form Mephiles: ........ *Raises an eyebrow* Am I a joke to you?

[@hellegennes]

Fantastic! Absolutely loved it.

[@dino-gen]

Glad you enjoyed it! 😃

[@Tucher97]

This may sound odd but what if male raptors also use the sickle claw for grooming purposes? Now I do have anything on this but aside from Flamingos do have special glands on them to apply "make up"

[@PrehistoricMagazine]

Raptors were what got so many of us into dinosaurs the raptors from Jurassic park. Cunning swift hunting in packs. Nice video. - Mike from Prehistoric Magazine

[@Daisythepage]

6:30 smiladon bingus Savertooth cat bingus I’m actually kinda sad now I want to see these guys turned into bingi

[@tonyhaslam186]

Well done and logical. I never liked the slashing idea. I’ve pretty much dealt in invertebrate paleontology, but I do like bone hunting.

[@TheZombo]

Does this mean Raptors may have become eagles and falcons based on how they used their talons

[@Elonics101]

QUESTION, about the toe claw. Seems logical the toe claws would be an essential tool used to hold down larger prey it could not swallow and instead allowing the raptor the ability to tear its prey into bit sized chunks much like a modern raptors. For example a roadrunner swallows everything as it’s feet are purely for running. In other words, flightless raptors needed both if it wanted to consume bigger prey.

[@dino-gen]

Actually, even in birds of prey, the toe claws are used primarily for gripping and holding meat in place whilst the specialised pointed beak does all of the stripping. Hope that helps!

[@Bobisdumb279]

I feel like this is a re-upload

[@derekk8523]

Just read about begging of the Triassic was preceded by a rain event that was about 2 million years. And how it aided the rise of the dinosaurs and mammals. Other genre didn’t adapt to the wet weather and killed off many of them. Rocks dating back to that time had a bunch of carbon and sediment found all of the world dating to this exact age. Found it interesting

[@dino-gen]

Yeah I find that period of time fascinating! Might get into that in a future vid…

[@bkjeong4302]

That was in the middle of the Triassic, not in the beginning, and the idea it’s what allowed the dinosaurs to rise to power is false as two of the dominant lineages of the time (croc-line archosaurs and dicynodonts) actually kept going after this event, with the former actually becoming even more successful afterwards. It took the End-Triassic Mass Extinction to clear the way for the rise of the dinosaurs, which were poorly suited for the arid, seasonal conditions that dominated much of the Late Triassic and were thus related to high-latitude areas (where things were less inhospitable) or forced into small mesopredator niches (not helped by other lineages dominating megafaunal niches at the time).

[@Littlekoji-df1cf]

U have grown such amazing channel. Been here sense very close to the beginning

[@t.j.payeur5331]

Thanks, buddy. It's appreciated. Keep up the good work!

[@dino-gen]

I appreciate you watching, thank you 🙂

[@jabbarmuhammad]

I like dinosaurs