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re: Why are “Scientists” ruining dinosaurs?
Posted on 11/20/25 at 11:01 pm to white perch
Posted on 11/20/25 at 11:01 pm to white perch
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What they portray is closer to a Utahraptor. The name just isn’t as cool as velociraptor
It’s not even that. Utahraptor wasn’t officially named in science until the same month the movie came out, which was well after the book was written.
If anything, the “Velociraptors” in the Park films are scaled up Deinonychus. I’m pretty sure one of the paleontologists used as a consultant for the novel (Horne?) had tried lumping the Deinonychus genus under Velociraptor in the 80s, and Crichton thought the word sounded cooler (subjective) and, in my opinion, is easier to say.
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Posted on 11/20/25 at 11:05 pm to forkedintheroad
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What does the word "raptor" mean?
Something like “pillager” or “thief.”
Posted on 11/20/25 at 11:23 pm to Celery
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Michael Chricton probably should’ve Googled that.
He was a scientist by education and a meticulous researcher. Just didn’t let it get in the way of a good story
Posted on 11/20/25 at 11:31 pm to East Coast Band
quote:A honey badger is between 11 to 35 pounds according to Google.
So, I can believe a 30 pound anything has great capability potential
Posted on 11/20/25 at 11:35 pm to StickyFingers
Wait until you find out that the folks who made Twister used a camel's growl/moan as the tornado sound.
Posted on 11/21/25 at 3:35 am to UptownJoeBrown
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claws and teeth on those things even at 30 lbs?
Would be wild to walk up on a pack of them in the woods.
I could take probably 3. Any more and things get sketchy
Posted on 11/21/25 at 3:45 am to StickyFingers
It would still be like fighting a bobcat
Posted on 11/21/25 at 3:49 am to northshorebamaman
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A honey badger is between 11 to 35 pounds according to Google.
Hell, a wasp weighs less than a gram and can frick your day up.
Dynamite comes in a small package.
Posted on 11/21/25 at 6:21 am to StickyFingers
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I could take on 5-6 of the little bird ones
But could you beat a chimpanzee
Posted on 11/21/25 at 6:52 am to white perch
That thing is giving off pitbull vibes.
Posted on 11/21/25 at 7:06 am to StickyFingers
THey just got the name wrong. To scale, the dinosaurs in the movie were Utah Raptors.
Posted on 11/21/25 at 7:08 am to GRTiger
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but when I suggest that giants roamed the earth before the great flood killed them all and put their advanced societies under miles of water, suddenly I'm the kook.
Damn gatekeepers, man.
Posted on 11/21/25 at 7:11 am to UptownJoeBrown
Yep, even at 30 - 40 lbs, a successful predator is really dangerous.
Posted on 11/21/25 at 7:15 am to StickyFingers
"Why are scientists ruining smallpox. Just looked it up and it's almost eradicated in modern western countries."
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Posted on 11/21/25 at 7:18 am to UptownJoeBrown
How much does a pitbull weigh. Chances?
Posted on 11/21/25 at 7:21 am to white perch
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What they portray is closer to a Utahraptor. The name just isn’t as cool as velociraptor
Utahraptors wore white short sleeve shirts and ties, and rode bicycles as they went door to door. Not nearly as threatening.
Posted on 11/21/25 at 7:25 am to StickyFingers
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I find out that not only do “scientists” think that dinosaurs had feathers, but that velociraptors were only like 30 pounds. WTF is this shite?
The same scientists who wanted you to get a untested shot a few years ago.
Never simply "trust the science"
This post was edited on 11/21/25 at 7:25 am
Posted on 11/21/25 at 7:26 am to kywildcatfanone
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The same scientists who wanted you to get a untested shot a few years ago.
I don't remember many paleontologists doing this
Posted on 11/21/25 at 7:28 am to fr33manator
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Ducks are notorious rapists
Of all the comments ITT, this is what I'm taking away from it
Posted on 11/21/25 at 7:31 am to northshorebamaman
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So, I can believe a 30 pound anything has great capability potential
A honey badger is between 11 to 35 pounds according to Google.
"Honey Badger" was my first thought on small but vicious package.
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