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<blockquote data-quote="woodelf" data-source="post: 1040035" data-attributes="member: 10201">Damn Jurassic Park!A pony-sized bipedal, pack-hunting, bird-hipped dino with a giant sickle claw on its hind feet?&nbsp; Deinonychus, known for decades.A wolf-sized bipedal, pack-hunting, bird-hipped dino with a giant siclke claw on its hind feet? Velociraptor, first discovered about 15yrs ago (it was a new discovery when Crichton first wrote Jurassic Park).I got no problem with them wanting to biggify the villains for the movie.&nbsp; But, given that there is a more-well-known cousin of the velociraptor, virtually identical in general appearance and behavior, and about the size they made the villains, why they couldn't use its name i just don't understand.&nbsp; In the interests of education, if nothing else.So, rant aside, the &quot;clawfoot&quot; they're riding looks like it could be a renamed Deinonychus--it's way too big to be a renamed Velociraptor.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="woodelf, post: 1040035, member: 10201"] Damn Jurassic Park! A pony-sized bipedal, pack-hunting, bird-hipped dino with a giant sickle claw on its hind feet? Deinonychus, known for decades. A wolf-sized bipedal, pack-hunting, bird-hipped dino with a giant siclke claw on its hind feet? Velociraptor, first discovered about 15yrs ago (it was a new discovery when Crichton first wrote Jurassic Park). I got no problem with them wanting to biggify the villains for the movie. But, given that there is a more-well-known cousin of the velociraptor, virtually identical in general appearance and behavior, and about the size they made the villains, why they couldn't use its name i just don't understand. In the interests of education, if nothing else. So, rant aside, the "clawfoot" they're riding looks like it could be a renamed Deinonychus--it's way too big to be a renamed Velociraptor. [/QUOTE]

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