The Great Velociraptor: The Turkey Sized 'Speedy Thief' | Dinosaur Documentary

[@dinosaurdiscovery]

A large part of this video was missing in the previous upload so here is full version. Have a great week everyone.

[@Jurassic150]

You should also do a documentary about Dilophosaurus.

[@och70]

Thanks for clarifying that. I was thinking "Didn't I already watch this one??"

[@evanroberts2771]

I don't know where you got your info from, but the film makers admitted that they needed a bigger dinosaur than velociraptor but wanted to keep the name as it sounded cooler.

[@tonyrico9335]

Great video thank you!

[@mmsizzlak]

A Thai fighting roster with the huge spurs... Those birds are all muscle and not really consumable due to how tough their muscle fibers are... Dinosaurs remind me of them and when they kick with their spurs that $hit hurts so anything bigger with higher weaponry is scary to me

[@pst5345]

Everybody doubting the danger of a turkey sized bird with a big claw has never been attacked by a rooster.

[@bradsmithstudios8881]

exactly! I was attacked by a blue jay once and I was emotionally scarred.

[@6thmichcav262]

A swan is about the same size as a turkey. I’ve been charged by swans when kayaking, and seeing an angry swan puffed up and run/flying at you at about 10mph left me with no doubt he had violent intent.

[@davidletasi3322]

Geese are fearless as well.

[@nightlightabcd]

One was not the problem but they ran in packs!

[@rogerelliss9829]

I've been waiting for someone to point this out since the movie first came out. 😂

[@BillyTheBigKid82]

Man, the turkeys in the Jurassic Park universe must be HUGE.

[@peterolbrisch8970]

A turkey wll fuck you up.

[@keileyk8507]

In my opinion it's unreasonable to think that they didn't vocalize at all, especially with how vocal most birds are.

[@davidsheckler4450]

Your opinion doesn't matter unless you can physically prove any of this

[@keileyk8507]

@@davidsheckler4450 Thank you for your OPINION on this :)

[@davidsheckler4450]

@@keileyk8507 Physically prove your fake-a-saurses then. Pictures with any 🤷

[@keileyk8507]

@@davidsheckler4450 I don't know what your problem is here. Your OPINION doesn't matter to me. And I have no business to prove anything to you, you're not worth my time. Have a nice day :)

[@justinafuchs2619]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@davidsheckler4450Your opinion on Velociraptors doesn’t matter unless you can physically prove they didn’t vocalise. And if you weren’t that dense, you would have get that point before embarrassing yourself.

[@nathanielvashaw2328]

I'm pretty done with people saying that feathered dinosaurs can't be scary. Have they seen eagles or terror birds?

[@BarbaraRay-m4r]

I could literally watch these types of videos all day. Should have been a Dinosaurologist.

[@lesleyhahn8682]

the sound that comes to my mind when I think of velociraptors is, "Clever girl."

[@monarchminnie5827]

Mine is “ALLEN”

[@SPXC3_MUSHR0oMSWcue]

I think of the clicking noise for when Owen was training them

[@thurbine2411]

@@monarchminnie5827Alan wake up

[@FloozieOne]

I fell into this video by mistake but it was a great mistake. Very complete and informative and your voice is so soothing with no awful screeching dinosaurs like most sites. Thanks for this, now I have to go watch some more of your stuff. p.s. definitely with feathers.

[@godfreychang5803]

P ❤Ppp😊😊

[@michelfraenkel4920]

Ai

[@177SCmaro]

Jurassic Park can easily be explained by fact that those are not "true" dinosaur clones but genetically pieced together dinosaur-like creatures designed to be theme park exhibits.

[@sabrinaschell4938]

“You didn’t ask for reality. You asked for more teeth.”

[@177SCmaro]

@@sabrinaschell4938 lol, right?

[@mufasaruleroftheanimalking1026]

I wish you were entirely right. Unfortunately the JP Movie also presents inaccurate fossils. The Velociraptor is oversized as fossil too.

[@177SCmaro]

@@mufasaruleroftheanimalking1026 Maybe Grant just sucks at identification and mistook it for a Utahraptor or something? 😅

[@demoncore5342]

Makes sense, both in franchise and for franchise. It's not the real thing, it doesn't even look like the real thing (although, first film was pretty "realistic" considering what we knew back then), it looks as you expect it to look. Btw, we didn't discover utahraptor since after the film, JP raptors were ment to be scary, not realistic. It's just such an irony, movie monster gets validated by science.

[@frankhernandez6883]

Dinos with FEATHERS would certainly be scarier. Especially if they would rattle the quills

[@My-art-Rock]

Velociraptor Are My Favorite Dinosaurs

[@embersofwolfenflame7346]

I always saw velociraptors as simular to cassawaries. Due to the foot claw,i imagined thats how they used it.

[@garyramirez1420]

The part of the documentary saying that didn't know why velocitaptor would attack prey larger than it's self is actually a bit explainable, all they have to do is look at birds of prey, bird's of prey go after prey bigger than themselves as well as small prey, golden eagle's hunt deer, wolves, fox's and mountain goat which are all bigger than the eagles themselves and it's not because they are sick or weak, peregrine falcons have been known to attack and hunt pelicans which again are much bigger than the falcons themselves, raptors today or bird's of prey are very opportunistic predators and will take any chance they can with their prey if they know they can dispatch it and eat it, so it's very likely that velocitaptor was the same way

[@greghh2223]

Of course it's less scary. It's smaller. But still, facts are facts, and this video is valuable for giving us a more accurate picture of these critters.

[@davidsheckler4450]

"Facts are facts" 😂🤣😅😂🤣😅😂😅😅😂🤣😅 you don't have any facts & can't provide any physical evidence

[@gamingcreatesworlddd2425]

​​@@davidsheckler4450t it's confirmed jp raptors were based on deinonycus real velociraptor was just 3 feet in height

[@justinafuchs2619]

Just ignore the muppet, he’s parroting the bs all over the comment section.

[@DerHammerSpricht]

If anything they're scarier this way!

[@gic8849]

I love that you’re so interested in Dino’s you made a whole entire other high quality page just to teach us about em …you’re as cool as your voice Love you & your content thank you!!

[@houseguest4534]

This is definitely my favourite KZbin channel to date literally truly fascinating videos one after the other thank you so much for sharing please keep the great content coming!!!

[@Kevin-p2l5b]

Okay

[@houseguest4534]

@@Kevin-p2l5b okay! 😘

[@brettscott7770]

Very nice thank you.

[@what2watchyt]

I’m soon to be an apprentice falconer because my love for these dinosaurs.

[@SandraNelson063]

The late, great Sir Terry Pratchett ( Him diamond) created a wonderful character in his Discworld series. The Royal Falconer of Lancre, HodgesAaaarrrrrgggggg. He adores his birds utterly, almost as much as they all hate him. They all keep trying to kill him every chance they get. Hence the Aaaarrrrrggggg part of his name. Good luck!

[@rachelgohlman3582]

Falcons are lil dinosaurs.

[@TheRealRodent]

One thing that gets me with raptor types, and the Velociraptor, is I find the actual animal far scarier than the Jurassic Park version. Ok, the JP ones are scary as f*ck... but the real animal being basically a decent sized feathered bird of prey that hunted in packs like wolves, makes it something far beyond anything that fiction could write. When you then consider that Deinonychus is closer to the movie, the Deinonychus itself then becomes scarier in its own right than the movie. Giant, 6ft birds of prey that had enormous killing claws on their feet, razor sharp teeth, and a pretty decent sized brain. Scary stuff. I mean, with Velociraptor, imagine being hunted by a pack of wolves across a tundra or through a forest. They're stalking you, and at any time may actually charge, and circle you, pincer movement to make sure you can't go one way or the other, you can only go forwards... which means the wolves behind you WILL catch you as you have no choice but to run in a straight line... ... but now imagine that scenario with a group of around 10 or 15 Eagle sized birds that have teeth for good measure.

[@tonyromano6220]

Lol, 10mm baby!

[@frocat5163]

Except _Velociraptor_ almost certainly *didn't* hunt in packs... 19:30

[@MonsterXenomorphVelocira-uq3mj]

i like velociraptors

[@anthonybeers]

I have 4 kinds of starlings and two kinds of bee eaters in my yard at the moment and yet paleontologists get confused anytime they find two similar animals in the same area.

[@kellykilts6297]

Thats because you can look in your yard in real time and not have to sift through 65 million yrs of forensic evolution.

[@gustaftheone9279]

Awww, imagine being fossilised protecting your unborn babies in the nest. Sad, yet beautiful 😢

[@blue_ex3852]

Great video:)

[@cdfdesantis699]

I always maintain that the evidence that SOME dinosaurs survived the Chixalub impact can be seen in ostriches, emus, cassowaries, & the mad eyes of our barnyard chickens. I adore chickens as pets, but I REALLY wanna be the 1st one on the block with a velociraptor!

[@seanmartin2185]

Barnyard chickens emus cassowaries and ostriches all reproduce after their own kind. That is the evidence we see today and all we know. When does sexual reproduction happen if it's taking millions or billions of years to change from one kind to another and then it has to find the female of the same thing somewhere that changed at the same time correct? I'm just curious where we get the logic that anyone could believe that dinosaurs could turn into a bird? Strange

[@cdfdesantis699]

@@seanmartin2185 From "BirdLife International" - dinosaur evolution expert Prof. Roger Benson, "Birds belong to the theropod group of dinosaurs that include T. rex.". There is much more to this report, as well as confirmation by paleontologists & ornithologists. Thanks for your reply.

[@seanmartin2185]

@@cdfdesantis699 Evolution and Professor don't belong in the same sentence. Do some more research evidence of creation is all we have. There's no way to describe the laws that run the universe unless somebody gave the laws. That right there is indoctrination it's the reason Hitler killed 6 million Jews. He believed in evolution too and was a flaming racist just like Charles darwin. Charles Darwin was actually a naturalist and a real dull-witted man. I'm sorry but the evolutionary Tale and the geological column don't have any substantial evidence and I've studied it 30 years. Thanks though keep searching!

[@cdfdesantis699]

@@seanmartin2185 It's rather close-minded to aver that evolution & creationism are mutually exclusive. I have no issue believing that God created everything, & set in motion the evolution of the universe. God said, "Let there be light", & ever since, there's been light. Stars are born, live for trillions of yrs, & die. Our star, the sun, gives light to our solar system 24/7. God doesn't have to continually say, "Let there be light.". God created all life, & told it, "Be fruitful & multiply.". Life has done so, from the 1st bacteria which appeared on earth 4 billion yrs. ago, right up to today, with earth's human population now standing at 8 billion, because we've taken our Creator at His Word, & breed like frenzied rabbits. God doesn't have to tell every single male & female to be fruitful & multiply. He set the mechanism in place eons & eons ago, & has no need to constantly repeat himself. Science & astronomy have proven that the majority of the stars we see at night are so far away, & their light (created by God) takes so many billions of yrs. to reach earth, that those stars died long, long ago. Ice cores from Greenland & Antarctica, & sediment cores from lake & ocean beds, are used to track the geologic, climactic, & carbon-based life form evolution of earth, & even give evidence of interaction with space traveling objects such as asteroids & comets. Comets brought water to the new-born planet, cooling the fires of its birth, & eventually those waters covered the earth. It was at that point that "the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters". I will not limit my God by believing He Himself is constrained to humanity's imperfect knowledge of His works. I will not limit my understanding of the universe God has created by turning away from the scientific evidence of His power. As the hymn sings, "Oh Lord, my God, when I in awesome wonder consider all the worlds Thy hands have made - I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder - Thy power throughout the universe displayed...How great Thou art!"

[@seanmartin2185]

@@cdfdesantis699 then consider Genesis and you'll see it's certainly mutually exclusive to God only. I would just consider the god of the Holy Bible not this God that you have fantasized. I do not see anything in scripture except the let there be light and a few things else you said that were correct. Did you end up getting as far as day 6 reading where He created Adam? And actually the entire first chapter God would have written himself obviously it says God said and God said, and God said, and God said and it says it quite a few times and everything happened exactly how it should have. Chapter 2 you'll notice somebody else is offering! It's man yeah it's now Lord God Lord God. Genesis actually has 10 authors in total. As far as the star is being where they're at you've also missed the other passages of scripture and just seek them all out for yourself but I will send you a list of scriptures that states after God created the stars that were around the earth which was created first he flung them into place he stretched the heavens and it is still in the process of moving. You are correct and saying God doesn't have to continually speak light. But it was not billions or trillions of years ago because clearly the Bible gives us how old Adam was until he died. If you add up all the dates in the Bible it comes to almost 6,000 years ago to the creation. I believe God is on a time scale and 6,000 years will represent the six day work week. On the day of the Lord's return that will start the next Thousand Years of the great day of the lord. He is always on time. Anyway he stretched forth the heavens the stars are in place where they are and there is no issue with seeing the lights and it can be certainly as far away as they are saying it is. That is still not a problem for us to see it if God initially created the Stars around the Earth in a closer proximity that's not a problem for God. There are trees that are standing through layers of rock that these people claim are formed over millions of years slowly. It's not possible the tree is fully preserved it could never have stood there that long while somehow layers of straight Rock and Earth are being formed around it. Obviously this thing was buried rapidly. The fossils were very rapidly. You cannot have a fossil you cannot have death pose positions on animals like they find when they dig these things if they were not buried quickly. To deny the Genesis account is to just completely forget about God. I'm trying to say you can't have it both ways. You have to stick with the Genesis account and that God of creation and trust that otherwise it all falls apart

[@jinbaofan8957]

Cool video!

[@sicandunya]

Great video. Thanks for your work.

[@amandafazio2494]

Yaaaaaaay 🥳🎉 My favourite dinosaur since I was a child in the 80s 🥳🎉

[@matthewpitre8159]

You should have added the vocalizations of those animals when you were trying to describe What they may have sounded like Like the cassowary or the stellar sea eagle

[@pokenopoly2959]

IKR?

[@timbo8870]

I'm still having a hard time that dinosaurs had feathers thing. I understand science is leaps and bounds in 50 years, and research can dig way deeper, but I was raised that dinosaurs were more like reptiles in appearance. Lol

[@joeomalley2835]

Thanks for the video. Very interesting. I'm finishing up on my read of Jurassic Park.

[@thenightscythe2030]

Ok... So imagine a large Goose coming at you, with Talon's like an Eagle... Running 30 mph. Still a terrifying thought...lol

[@sabrinaschell4938]

Especially if said goose has fuck-off huge serrated teeth

[@stoopingfalcon891]

Sounds like the vel had the same issues as modern day Cheetahs. Good for short burst high speed chases, but extended chases were beyond their capabilaties

[@wisemansifiso3382]

Very interesting subject.❤❤❤❤

[@Kevin-p2l5b]

Awesome.

[@jp-um2fr]

As an old Englishman it is very rare for me to state that an American documentary is superb. I hate loud mouthed wide open spaces talking AT me. It's is, if not better than the BBC. On the flippant side my brother always insisted on eating the turkeys neck and 'parsons nose' at Christmas, I bet these bu**gers had a superb parsons nose. SUBD and bell and conratulations. More please.

[@DerHammerSpricht]

If you're an Englishman of any age, it is very rare for you to say anything is superb.

[@silentoption]

where the sample sound your talking about?

[@177SCmaro]

When I think of velociraptor I tend to think, basically, a hawk or eagle with a long tail and sharp teeth that can't fly.

[@jamesfranz7508]

Thanks for what you do I love dinasores yours thoughts about them n the reach you have done very interesting thank you

[@jamesfranz7508]

Gained a follerer

[@laurasplicer712]

How do.they know the nests wernt in the trees above ground. Maybe the foot claw helped.them grab branches or climb bark with help from wings.

[@canis2020]

Would you be able to create some playlists. I just found you and trying to load up each one individually is a bit of a slog.

[@alexkautz5766]

This would have been far more interesting if you had not spent so much time criticizing Jurassic Park. You seem to be oblivious to the fact that Michael Crichton was an author of fiction, and refered to his creatures not as dinosaurs, but genetically altered "theme park monsters." Otherwise, a very interesting and informative video, thank you!

[@DerHammerSpricht]

Crichton's dinos are hella more accurate than Spielberg's too. Spielberg is a joke, tbh.

[@alanbadilla7003]

Honestly your voice makes me sleepy🥱

[@KingFluffs]

31:00 How are they even fossilized mid fight? Wouldn't one win and then not be in the fossil record? Or if both died, wouldn't another hungry dino eat them both?

[@BobBob-eb4io]

If i remember correctly the leading theory is a sand dune fell on them midfight burying both

[@KingFluffs]

@@BobBob-eb4io Oh interesting. I guess that makes sense.

[@tanyabreach6422]

When it comes to Velociraptor's with in the Jurassic Park/world films, its worth remembering that they were gene spliced and not 'purebred' dinosaurs. This isn't a secret in the series, and Dominion does include Pyroraptor (supposedly purebred), which is covered in feathers. As for the size, and pack hunting, they wouldn't be very scary if they weren't big enough, or likely to creep at you from the sides, and the point of the scene is to elicit a fear reaction.

[@michaelb6420]

She Is Beautifully STUNNING 😳😳😳

[@rljpdx]

i feel informed on velociraptors now.

[@tomc8617]

Close Velociraptor relative Utahraptor was a good deal larger. Not just "turkey-sized", but 16-18 feet long! ..... "Utahraptor [Utah Raptor] is a genus of large dromaeosaurid dinosaur that lived in North America during the Early Cretaceous period. It was a heavy-built, ground-dwelling, bipedal carnivore. It contains a single species, Utahraptor ostrommaysi, which is one of the largest-known members of the family Dromaeosauridae, measuring 16-18 ft long and weighing 620-660 lb." ..." --Wikipedia ______________________ Velociraptor and Utahraptor: How do the cousins compare after new information comes to light? [excerpt] "Velociraptor is an animal that is well adapted to a lifestyle that is dependent on running or sprinting. Utahraptor appears to be much bulkier. Utahraptor is missing many of velociraptor’s previously mentioned features. No caudal rods, short metatarsals and it appears to have a longer femur. ..." --Institute for the Study of Mongolian Dinosaurs

[@dmreturns6485]

Seems like a great video. I'd recomend not to use the "crazy rollercoaster" transitions between shots.

[@kidnplay3978]

What a dumb comment ... say you're a hater without saying you're a hater

[@lunavarion]

Wasn't deinonychus also called velociraptor for awhile?

[@andypanda4927]

I would think, having chased after escaped chickens as a kid, with similarity of body plan, that 6MPH is extremely slow. Even quail s hurrying past are faster afoot than that. - they fly when running doesn't fit situation.

[@bartadams4333]

Love dinosaurs shows

[@shensley27]

Spielberg could absolutely re-release an updated Jurassic Park with feathered dinos. It's not like they didn't remove the guns from ET to keep up with the times.

[@DerHammerSpricht]

That's not a politically motivated change, so they're not interested.

[@danielkwan3771]

The claim that a deinonychus would be slower than a human is flat out ridiculous. What a fool… Even a crocodile can run faster than 6mph.

[@MrBonners]

movie: they could have feathers when young that turn to quill patches on the body as adults. different patterns/colors could aid in personality projection of the animals.

[@Boulda7]

Ah, thats hilarious. So they used tortoise mating noises for the raptors talking to each other😂😂😂

[@stoopingfalcon891]

I have often wondered. Regardless of how efficient they were as hunters, did scavenging take part in their diet too?

[@Liksterr97]

I bet it did, and especially if they had numerous young or were injured.

[@stoopingfalcon891]

@@Liksterr97 Makes sense.

[@embersofwolfenflame7346]

Id say probably yes. Many modern carnivores scavenge as well as hunt. Big cats,canids, even some bears do. It would be a waste of easy calories if they didnt.

[@leudast1215]

All predators scavenge including humans. Stupid question.

[@Ciccio_Mobilegames]

Woooww 🎉🎉🎉🎉 the amazing movie

[@dorothycharginghawk1244]

As someone who grew up around eagles, and great horned owls, I find feathered, toothy big therapies plenty scary.

[@emilmonias8699]

lol sorry for the critism, but your job is to inform right? well new studies on archosaurs like birds, crocodiles and even pterosaurs on intelligence have been done within the last three years. so at 42:06 the entire segment should be redone. Since the old way of think that size of body and brain makes intelligence, but if you look at a corvid or a parrot, its pretty obvious that that way of thinking is just not right. New studies on dromaeosaurs have shown that they could have been extremely curious and intelligent creatures, way more intelligent then say a "turkey" since turkey's arent predators, thats like comparing a lion to a antelope. xD

[@neddyladdy]

Aren't specie names taken from the paper that first describes and names them? How then can the official name be otherwise ?

[@slimbim77]

Spielberg admitted that the Jurassic Park Velociraptors where based on the larger Deinonychos but thought that the name Velociraptor was more catchy for the audience.

[@frankhernandez6883]

I believe the illustrations are wrong. Some have their claws/wrists facing down. they should have their hands facing each other due to a moon-shaped bone on their wrists that prevents them from being able to do that. I think its called the semilunate 🦆🦆

[@davidletasi3322]

Correct, the semilunate pronates each manus in a rotation that their palms would be facing each other first digit up in a catching stance. I recently discovered a semilunate from Utahraptor near Moab. Also, being covered in feathers, the digits would be partially hidden. The entire arm would appear cover in feathers and rather folded and bird like when not extended. In my opinion, artist Emily Willoughby reproduces the most accurate restoration of their appearance. If you would approach one from a distance, you might assume it to be a strange looking bird. An associate of mine just sent me a second manus digit with a claw for research study from North Dakota that I believe is to be from Acherorapter temertyorum. The claw was very curved and sharp like Eagle Talons for holding prey. Everyone of these fossils is extremely rare. So far, the foot bone from A. temertyorum from South Dakota we are working on are similar to Adasaurus from central Asia. Still under study to certain.

[@frankhernandez6883]

@@davidletasi3322 *WHY would I approach one? hahaha!* 🦖🦖

[@frankhernandez6883]

@@davidletasi3322 I'll see if I can "dig" up anything on Willoughby >>> thanks

[@jamiepreston1490]

Mean little buggers. They hunted in packs and wanted to eat you unlike turkeys. It would be cool the see them for real in their habitat.

[@davidwillis5016]

Thanks

[@Where_is_Waldo]

In the case of the fighting dinosaurs fossil, I wonder if the raptor was after a young protoceratops and got caught by the parent.

[@madsgrams2069]

Wait, what? Pretty sure Dakotaraptor is the youngest dromaesaurid species discovered. Having been found in the Hell Creek formation, in South Dakota, it means that it was one of the species that was around when the asteroid hit, just like T-rex and Triceratops, putting it at around 1 million years younger than Dineobellator.

[@davidletasi3322]

Also, Acheroraptor temertyorum found in Hell Creek sediments. Several specimens I'm working on were found very close to where the Tyrannosaurus rex "Sue" was found.

[@LordFirekaze]

A young healthy grown velociraptor entered your tent.

[@benkeller6027]

Let's not forget that in Jurassic Park they used amphibians as a genetic traits with there 'dinosaurs'. As far as I am aware no amphibian has feathers therefore Jurassic's abominations would be featherless.

[@peterolbrisch8970]

Really.... You're commenting on fictional science. 🙄🙄🙄

[@gatovillano7009]

AT 30:57, more likely the raptor was trying to eat the eggs and got caught by the triceratop mother.

[@2528drevas]

The Raptor in the movie was a Utah Raptor, right? Jurassic Park and it's sequels aren't documentaries. 🧐

[@robertneuzil9493]

Did it loose the ability to fly or gain it for hunting and survival.

[@emilmonias8699]

AT 28:01 HE SAYS utahraptor like it's ancestors....no no no, if your talking about velociraptor and later dromaeosaurs, it's descendants.

[@vladimirivanov9963]

I think raptors used communication and language just like we do.

[@wolfboy18]

I'd still pet one. Would be worth the limb loss lol. I think they look cute. Also feathered Dinos would look way more frightening in the film's. At least the ones that would make sense as being feathered.

[@jamesmeppler6375]

I'm seriously calling your sanity into question....because it's not worth it just to pet. Nothing "alive" is worth losing a limb over just to pet. I think feathered dinosaur would look almost comical, specially with family guys constant fight with the chicken guy, far from scary

[@greggpennington966]

Not a comment ! A question and a request. Will the real velociraptor please stand up ?

[@ejdet.feeney9020]

I agree with the 3rd Jurassic park they are they hunt in packs set traps as pack animals and seem to be verble there maybe more then one species of velociraptor but I too think they had intelligence some degree

[@LooniJoose]

Actually, the raptors in Jurassic Park were closest to Utah Raptor. Interestingly enough, discovered relatively shortly before the film was shot.

[@felixphilippe7224]

actually no ur wrong

[@KingofKran]

Achillobator is a better candidate. Utah raptor is too large

[@aolcom-nl9qb]

I believe the smaller Raptor species were likely sneaky stealing scraps of downed prey or hunting other wounded animals; moreover I could see them harassing adults T- Rexes and being loud to get other predators to move on.

[@illdrago1]

Yeah, similar to hyenas in a lion's world.

[@darrenadams-mv7mu]

dinosaur discovery good show

[@nativerambler9818]

Im here waiting for my T-Rex funko pop keychain to get here 😊🦖

[@michaelbaldwin3356]

Just to fix the feather issue, the dna was mixed with modern reptile dna which could account for the difference between a prehistoric raptor.

[@Orcalein7367]

What great pet ! Do they eat chicken ? Wouldn't that be carnivorous ?

[@Zminator1986]

Just saw Top 5s link to a dino KZbin channel. Sub instantly.

[@shiannecostello6228]

Idk, The Jurassic Park/World movie series are science fiction. Not real. I totally get why they didn't change the way Velociraptors looked in the following movies. The literally combined DNA from frogs or something to complete the DNA profile to create them in the first place. Of course they're not going to look accurate to the real ones. I've heard many people say they're not going to watch the movies because of how inaccurate the dinos are. Which, everyone is of course entitled to their own opinions, but come on lol it's science fiction! The writer chose to use the name Velociraptor but base the looks on the Deinonychus because Velocirator sounded more fierce and scary. Yes he used scientific data to write his books, but it's still fiction! If you want to watch scientifically accurate dinosaurs, (at least, accurate to what information we have available NOW) Go watch Prehistoric Planet. (Seriously, watch it, it's SO GOOD) But I personally think the Jurassic Park movies and spin offs are just for entertainment purposes only. It's not a scientific documentary or a movie you would watch to learn about dinosaurs. Again, I totally don't blame them for not changing anything.

[@tonyromano6220]

Ahh a birdie!!

[@mythiclegend947]

Still cracks me up that they keep making these documenteries like they actually know anything for certain. They're a fun and imaginative watch but I've seen the evolution of dinosaur theories change 3 times in 50 years.

[@jaredquinney204]

Interesting

[@aquafishsoup]

The Hollywood raptor is more realistic if you turn off the green screen effect.

[@5hawks]

These creatures have allegedly been seen in Alaska. (recently) (hey, I'm just telling you what I saw on a TrvL channel video)

[@marcusrios8517]

I think they would've been just as terrifying with feathers in Jurassic Park.

[@michaelcox9855]

Many of the dinos pictured here sadly had broken wrists. So sad that so many were so badly wounded.

[@africanblue]

Min 0:42 i pressed STOP. Ridiculous

[@mmoarchives2542]

i'm still not convinced they were even carnivores, i think they were jackals that fed on eggs, infants and could hook themselves on trees to sneakily jump down onto nesting grounds

[@stanleyhyde8529]

While it is a possibility it could be specialized to go after the eggs and young of bigger animals it would still be a carnivore in that case.

[@chrismeyers5963]

If they fed on eggs, then they wouldn't have any teeth, most animals that fed on eggs didn't have sharp teeth, there's a snake that will literally swallow an egg whole, crush it inside its body then regurgitate the shell. Rapters were in fact very much indeed carnivores, all the evidence proves that and continues to, not to mention the single hook claw on their feet were used to not only get a good grip but also slash as they kick when on their prey smh

[@mmoarchives2542]

@@chrismeyers5963 egg eaters definitely have teeth, like lizards, scale lizzard teeth that eats eggs on a 6 foot bird, you have a raptor

[@leudast1215]

You just defined a carnivore you silly person

[@romanr.301]

Setting the fact that egg-eating animals are still carnivores aside, Velociraptors had sharp claws, sharp teeth, and were designed to run quickly and swiftly, suggesting they would have likely been chasing prey. Almost every part of their design is fine-tuned to the qualities of a predator. Literally what else do you need to convince you?

[@17losttrout]

Yep, without feathers, the Jurassic Park franchise is now confined to the fossil record for me. Just another monster film. No science or scientists required.

[@monkeyguy80]

There's a Velociraptor in Beast Wars Transformers, named Dinobot 🙂

[@mikefisher4834]

If cats can figure out how to open doors velociraptors sure as hell could’ve💯

[@richardbuchs3815]

A though, what if the Feathers are the final incarnation of the Dinosaur? The transformation from Dinosaur to bird is Feathers? Just a though?! 🐸

[@andrewwenner2781]

If it had parrot feathers then it could have been a pirate raptor! Holly Wood would have insisted it had an eye patch and a peg leg, and vocalized by going arrr!

[@stoopingfalcon891]

Thankfully, I never put myself through the pain of watching any of the DP movies.

[@shaunjohnson1854]

Something to do with what they hear do you think because thinking does not make a sound but our thoughts often do

[@Koots1320]

Just because they didn't die in groups doesn't mean they didn't hunt in groups? how often do you find multiple dead wolves in one area?