Velociraptor - turkey with attitude

Okay so some of you may have heard the late breaking news that Velociraptors had feathers and were the size of a turkey. Well we here at Raptor Quest (bill and bill) would like to say that although we greatly appreciate any new discoveries about dinosaurs, let alone velociraptors, we hardly consider that a new discovery. I believe that this fact was first noted by the famous palentologist Dr. Alan Grant PhD as noted in a little docudrama called "Jurassic Park" where he was quoted as believing that raptors evolved from birds not lizards.

HOWEVER, that being said, we'd like to clarify a few things for those of you who are less than informed on Raptorology:

Velociraptors were actually really quite small, more like the size of the turkey. However, the name velociraptor was so damn cool that they decided to use it for Jurassic Park.

Now the dinosaurs portrayed in JP were actually the Deinonychus, which was one tough mug. Now as for Raptor Quest, we'll being going with the Jurassic Park school of thought and be making our V-raps non-feathered Deinonychuses but 10x as scary and vicious as JP 1, 2, and especially 3! (we won't have the fruity colors like in 3 either- no way, no how).

Continuing my raptor lesson for the day, there is also the Utahraptor which was even bigger and more American than any other raptors as it resided in what is now Utah... which is where the state got it's name (and if it truly is proven that raptors were birds, the Utahraptor will probably replace the California Sea Gull as the state bird (why a California bird is the poultry representative for the state of Utah is beyong me).

Last, but certainly not least, is the recently discovered Gigantoraptor which was recently found in China. How this gigantic raptor has eluded being discovered until now remains a mystery.

-bill

To help you better get a feel for the sheer power and size of raptors, please refer tot he following charts and diagrams
*also available in a power point presentation.

Velociraptor:


Deinonychus:


Utahraptor


Gigantoraptor:


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