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| − | |-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|Scientific name = ''Velociraptor mongoliensis'' |
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| − | |Time period = Late [[Cretaceous]] period |
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| − | |Primary diet = Carnivore |
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| − | |Appearances = ''[[Chased by Dinosaurs]]'' <small>(''[[The Giant Claw]]'')</small> |
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| − | |Fatalities caused = One ''[[Protoceratops]]''|Name meaning = Swift Seizer}} {{Template:Quote|Moving through the trees were six or seven Velociraptors. They're six feet long and are pretty lethal predators. |[[Nigel Marvin]] |[[Chased by Dinosaurs]]: [[The Giant Claw]]}} |
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| − | '''''Velociraptor''''' is a genus of [[Dromaeosaurids/Raptors|dromaeosaurid]] theropod dinosaur which lived during the late [[Cretaceous]] period in the [[Gobi Desert]] of [[Mongolia]]. It was a turkey-sized predator famous for its sickle claw/talon on the second toe of each foot and its role in ''Jurassic Park''. |
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| − | At 2 meters (6 feet) long and 1 m (3 feet) tall, ''Velociraptor'' is relatively small compared to other members of the same family, but as equally in ferocity and intelligence. Despite not being much bigger than a turkey, they were still pretty lethal predators. They can use their lethal claws on their toes with devastating effect and can kill a big male ''Protoceratops''. ''Velociraptor'' are often at risk when they attack larger prey. |
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| − | [[File:Raptorsize.jpg|thumb|left|260px|Size of Velociraptor in comparison to human. (Source: BBC)]] |
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| − | In the 2nd episode of the BBC documentary ''The Truth About Killer Dinosaurs'', a test debunked the myth of its infamous foot claw involving it disembowel its victims. The producers of the program created an artificial ''Velociraptor'' leg with a sickle claw and used a pork belly to simulate the dinosaur's prey. Though the sickle claw did penetrate the abdominal wall, it was unable to tear it open, indicating that the claw was not used to disembowel its prey as shown in ''Chased by Dinosaurs''. Instead, as shown in a famous fossil involving ''Velociraptor'' attacking its prey item ''Protoceratops'', ''Velociraptor'' stabbed its victims into the throat in order to kill it by stabbing the windpipe and/or the major arteries (eg: the jugular vein). |
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| − | ==Portrayal in the series== |
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| − | In the series, it was seen in a few scenes. It was accurately portrayed as a pack hunter that could take down ''Protoceratops''. It also attacked Nigel Marvin and the camera man. <span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22px;">It inaccurately had a greenish color so it could blend in its jungle habitat, though they lived in the desert. It also lacked feathers--a serious error that </span>''[[Walking With Dinosaurs]]''<span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22px;"> also failed to correct.</span> |
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| − | ==In the series== |
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| − | ====''[[The Giant Claw]]''==== |
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| − | [[File:TGC VelociraptorPairFeeding.jpg|260px|thumb|right|A pair of Velociraptors eating. (''[[The Giant Claw]]'')]][[Nigel Marven]] saw a pack of ''Velociraptors'' in a forest stalking him. It was revealed that they were not stalking Nigel but instead were stalking an injured ''Protoceratops''. The pack constantly harassed and attacked the animal. One ''Velociraptor'' had its arm broken by ''Protoceratops''' beak. The animal eventually succumbed to its injuries and died. The pack then fed on the carcass whilst the injured individual stood away. |
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| − | Later, whilst Nigel was checking out a ''[[Therizinosaurus]]'' skeleton, a pack of ''Velociraptors'' found him and chased him and the cameraman. Nigel and the cameraman climbed on top of some tall tree stumps and used bicycle horns to scare off the pack. |
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| − | A ''Velociraptor'' is seen chasing Nigel Marven. The clips of them chasing Nigel was reused from ''Chased by Dinosaurs'' except from the clip where Nigel jumps over a log and the ''Velociraptors'' follow. |
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| − | ===''[[Walking With Dinosaurs: Inside Their World]]''=== |
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| − | ''Velociraptor'' is one of the viewable dinosaurs in the app. An image of a pack can be seen attacking a ''Protoceratops'' and another photo recreates the famous fossil find of a ''Velociraptor'' locked in combat with a ''Protoceratops''. |
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| − | ==Appearances in Other Media== |
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| − | ===''Primeval''=== |
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| − | ''Read more at the [http://primeval.wikia.com/wiki/Velociraptor Anomaly Research Center]'' |
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| − | A baby ''Velociraptor'' has also appeared in one episode of ''Primeval'', where it ran through an anomaly, trying to escape from a ''[[Giganotosaurus]]''. It bites [[Nigel Marven]], on his finger, and then runs back through the anomaly. |
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| − | Later on, in ''Fire And Water'', a spin-off novel, for ''Primeval'', six ''Velociraptors'' came through an anomaly, to a wet and rainy Maidenhead. They managed to kill a soldier named Jamie Weavers, before being killed, by some ''[[Deinosuchus]]''. |
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| − | ===''Jurassic Park''=== |
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| − | ''Read more at the [http://jurassicpark.wikia.com/wiki/Velociraptor_(movie_canon) Jurassic Park Wiki]'' |
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| − | In ''Jurassic Park'', the ''Velociraptor'' is depicted as a 3-meter tall reptilian pack hunter that used its sickle talons to disembowel their prey. They were actually based on ''[[Deinonychus]]'' but were the size of ''[[Utahraptor]]'' instead. |
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| − | TGC Velociraptor 13.jpg |
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| − | *Recent evidence shows ''Velociraptor'' was a scavenger and a nocturnal hunter. |
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| − | *It would very rarely if ever go after adult ''Protoceratops'', though the Fighting Dinosaurs specimen, discovered in 1971, suggests otherwise. |
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| − | *''Velociraptor ''and many other dromeosaurids were feathered. They were covered in pennaceous feathers and only the tip of the beak was unfeathered. |
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| − | *''Velociraptor ''did not have lived in heavily forested areas. All of the sites where ''Velociraptor'' fossils were found suggest that the animal lived in sandy, arid environments with many sand dunes (with one specimen apparently being smothered to death by a sand dune). Therefore, the jungle camouflage couldn't be possible. Their feathers were probably sandy colored. |
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| − | *On the ''Velociraptor'' page of ''[[The Complete Guide To Prehistoric Life]]'', it is mentioned that ''Jurassic Park'' came out in 1992, when it actually came out a year later. |
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| − | *A new study in 2011 indicated that ''Velociraptor'' and similar dromaeosaurs killed smaller prey by leaping on top of them, most likely killing them. The sickle talons would hold onto the kill as they would burrow their beak into it to eat. This was suggested because paleontologists found a similar foot structure to modern [[Bird|eagles and hawks]]. |
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