“
At 100 pounds, a Velociraptor is, pound for pound, one of the most terrifying predators.
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— The narrator introduces the carnivores
Velociraptor
Family Dromeosauridae Species V. mongoliensis V. osmolskae Time period 80 to 70 million years ago Located in Gobi Desert Diet meat
Velociraptor is a genus of dromaeosaurid that lived approximately 75-71 million years ago, in the Campanion-Maastrichtian stages of the Late Cretaceous period. It appeared as a major species in Dinosaur Planet . In the documentary, it is incorrectly shown as living 80 million years ago.
In the show there are a total of 8 Velociraptors: White Tip , Blue Brow , Broken Hand , 2 Female raptors, and 3 raptor chicks.
Errors [ ]
All the Velociraptor s were living five million years earlier than they actually did.
Evidence of Velociraptors being a pack-hunter is extremely limited.
Velociraptor couldn't have had its hands facing downwards without painfully breaking them.
Velociraptor weighed 33 pounds, not 100 pounds as stated.
Trivia [ ]
The genus was given a tad of sexual dimorphism: females made white, males made grey and blue.
A Velociraptor from Jurassic Park had a cameo in the first episode, before morphing into one shown in this series.
Today it is believed Velociraptor was nocturnal or crepuscular, which is common in desert-animals.
The sounds used for the calls of the Velociraptor chicks are squeaks and calls of Guinea Pigs.
The sounds for the Velociraptor are re-used Dromaeosaur sound effects from When Dinosaurs Roamed America and Dinosaur Adventures used for Utahraptor
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