The sound
of velociraptors barking at each other in Jurassic Park is actually a recording of tortoises mating.
I like the idea
of velociraptors taking down much larger prey by working together because it is just cool to think that is the way it was, but that doesn't mean it is correct.
Fighting through waves of Shredder's goons, throwing bad guys at the screen and watching ninjas ride by atop
of velociraptors as you beat up their comrades is all some can ask for in a video game.
As I stride across the open plains in search of my quarry, pausing briefly to brutalise a flock
of velociraptors with a pair of combat bagpipes, I can't help but wonder why I've put myself through all this again.
«If Sam Fisher is our panther, then these two guys are like a couple
of Velociraptors taking down the herd.»
The now classic line «we're going to need a bigger boat» becomes «we're going to need bigger guns,» and Jurassic Park only had a handful
of Velociraptors, where this movie fills Madison Square Garden with reptiles.
However, Chris Pratt is great as Owen, the navy seal and friend
of the Velociraptors.
«The teeth of shark, the speed of a cheetah, the venom of a cobra, the aggression
of a velociraptor....»
The Jehol fossils have transformed our understanding of dinosaurs by showing that the relatives
of Velociraptor and T. rex had a feather - like body covering, like birds.
This small dinosaur was a close relative
of Velociraptor, but in both body shape and inferred lifestyle it much closely recalls some waterbirds like modern swans.
He chose ochre as a neutral tone that might have blended well with the arid sands of the area, subtly camouflaging the creature from the eyes
of a velociraptor.
Tiny knobs identified on the forelimb fossils
of the Velociraptor suggest that the dinosaur species had feathers, according to researchers.
This confirmation
of Velociraptor's feathers is «exciting» but also raises new questions, says Gerald Mayr at the Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt, Germany.
The 80 - million - year - old bones reveal a tiny creature, measuring two feet long and 25 ounces, from the dromaeosaurid family, part of the lineage that led to birds and a relative
of Velociraptor.
If the look of Godzilla isn't enough to convince, then the fact that much of the last third of the film is a rehash
of the Velociraptor attack from Spielberg's film should persuade you.
We took the opportunity of both a great black version
of a Velociraptor 600 with our bumpers and our wheels...
The answer is yes, apparently, because the company has brought the production version
of the VelociRaptor 6X6 at the 2017 SEMA Show.
Hennessey is only building 100 examples
of the VelociRaptor 600, so you'd better get in line should you want one.
Not even Dodge Hellcats making 1,000 horsepower, Cadillac Escalades hitting 60 mph in 3.9 seconds thanks to 800 horsepower, or Ford Mustang GT350s running the quarter - mile in 10.8 seconds can match the outright ridiculous nature
of the VelociRaptor 6x6.
Proud best friend to a Pomeranian and owner
of a velociraptor tattoo, you can follow her on Twitter @Vamphlet to talk shop about video games, comic books, and coffee!
Prowling around like a mixture
of a velociraptor, a deep sea monster, a Lovecraftian nightmare and the Grim Reaper's pet dog, Giger's xenomorph is so frightening that it just doesn't need cheap jump scares to scare the pants off somebody.
The main pivot point extends way out behind the listener's ear — rather like the leg structure
of a velociraptor — and controls the height extension of the headband.
Not exact matches
While the trained
Velociraptors go against all rules
of science, it is a good twist.
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just like a
velociraptor was an early form
of a bird, we know this by looking at its dna (which we now have), they had feathers and their closest genetic relative alive today is an ostrich.
Raptors were around millions
of years ago... But
of course, whoever wrote the bible didn't know about them... Perhaps he / she / they couldn't spell «
Velociraptor»...
The museum takes the visitor from the dawn
of time, past the pineapple - eating
Velociraptor and a tastfully concealed Eve to a truly terrifying serpent.
In the frontcourt, although Johnson sometimes appears to resemble a plodding brontosaurus alongside Cauley - Stein's
velociraptor - like agility, Johnson adds plenty
of defensive value by rim protecting without fouling.
The real deal and one
of the coolest gifts we've ever seen: A genuine
velociraptor claw!
The researchers also looked at the lineage
of dinosaurs that led to modern birds — including maniraptoriforms like
Velociraptor, Ornithomimus and Falcarius.
Until now it seemed the only feathery dinosaurs were bird - like beasts like
Velociraptor, belonging to one
of the two major dinosaur groups, the saurischians.
The scientists replicated ancestral molecular development to transform chicken embryos in a laboratory into specimens with a snout and palate configuration similar to that
of small dinosaurs such as
Velociraptor and Archaeopteryx.
In 1991, William Hammer, an NSF - funded researcher hunting for fossils in Antarctica's Beardmore Glacier region, discovered this skull (left) and a large femur, which belonged to a completely unknown species
of therapod — a bipedal, carnivorous dinosaur whose members include the more familiar tyrannosaurs and
Velociraptors.
Lee and his colleagues have performed the most comprehensive analysis yet
of fossil theropods, the two - footed meat - eating dinosaurs, like
Velociraptor, from which birds evolved.
After analyzing fossils from more than a dozen specimens, researchers reported in April in Nature that the herbivore was actually a kinder, gentler cousin
of such bitey carnivores as T. rex and
Velociraptor.
We present direct evidence
of feathers in
Velociraptor mongoliensis based on the presence
of quill knobs on the posterior forearm.
However, Norell says the absence
of any other bones suggests the skulls «were brought to the nest by adult [oviraptors] who had cleaned out a
Velociraptor nest» and like modern ospreys, brought their catch home to eat.
The same nest contained another curious find — the skulls
of two tiny young carnivores belonging to the same family as the
velociraptors, best known as the terrors
of Jurassic Park.
An exceptionally well - preserved dinosaur skeleton from Mongolia unites an unexpected combination
of features that defines a new group
of semi-aquatic predators related to
Velociraptor.
Theropods encompass all carnivorous dinosaurs, including the largest land - living predators in the history
of life on Earth, such as Tyrannosaurus, and iconic agile hunters like
Velociraptor.
Velociraptor: A fine, feathered fiend
Velociraptor, the predatory dinosaur immortalized in the Jurassic Park films, was more
of an overgrown chicken than a reptilian beast.
One
of the most important
of these Liaoning groups is the dromaeosaurs, which include
Velociraptor of Jurassic Park fame and Microraptor, one
of the few dinosaurs that scientists widely agree could probably fly.
These include Jurassic Park's
Velociraptor, birds, and a huge range
of other forms, weighing anything from 15 grams to 3 tonnes, and eating meat, plants, and more omnivorous diets.»
Tyrannosaurus rex and also
velociraptors, made famous by the film Jurassic Park, are representative
of these two - legged meat eaters.
The
velociraptor that stalks the protoceratops in the diorama is also based on a series
of educated guesses about skeletal and soft - tissue structure, with one added consideration: This
velociraptor has feathers.
One is home to the most famous and important set
of dinosaur skeletons in the world, the perfectly preserved remains
of a vicious
velociraptor and a plant - eating protoceratops who apparently died in the middle
of a fight.
The
velociraptor has a broken right arm and is gripping the head
of the protoceratops while jamming his leg into the protoceratops's ribs.
The small fossils that line the walls
of the Fighting Dinosaurs exhibit have helped him further establish an evolutionary lineage from Tyrannosaurus rex and
Velociraptor to the emu, the tit, and the vulture.
He emerged with the equivalent
of paleontological gold: more than 350 new species (including the dinosaurs Protoceratops and
Velociraptor), the first fossils
of Cretaceous mammals, and the first nests
of dinosaur eggs.
They say that the findings add to a body
of evidence that feathers evolved for some purpose besides flight as
Velociraptors were too big to lift off the ground.