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Velociraptor Facts
Velociraptor was a small, feathered, sharp-clawed hunter about the size of a turkey — much smaller than the movie versions.
- Velociraptor was covered in feathers, unlike its scaly portrayal in films.
- Velociraptor was about the size of a turkey, far smaller than movie versions.
- A famous fossil preserves a Velociraptor and Protoceratops locked in combat.
- Velociraptor did not hunt in the open jungles shown in films; it lived in arid environments.
- Velociraptor means 'swift thief'. It was a Late Cretaceous carnivore from Mongolia — a small, feathered, sickle-clawed hunter.
- Tsaagan means 'white'. It was a Late Cretaceous carnivore from Mongolia — a velociraptorine raptor.
- Velociraptor was about the size of a turkey.
- Velociraptor had a big curved claw on each foot.
- Velociraptor means 'swift thief'.
- Velociraptor lived in what is now the deserts of Mongolia.
- Real Velociraptor was smaller than the ones in the movies.
- Velociraptor probably had feathers.
- Utahraptor was a much bigger cousin of Velociraptor.
- A famous fossil shows Velociraptor and Protoceratops fighting.
- Velociraptor was a small, feathered, sharp-clawed hunter.
- A Velociraptor was roughly as big as a large turkey.
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