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[–] 23 points 9 months ago (5 children)

visualise a Cassowary the size of a large truck.

But velociraptors were actually about the size of medium-large dogs. When Jurrasic Park was making the models, the consultants stated the length from head to tail, and the modellers thought they were referring to height

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  • [–] 13 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Ok, imagine a pack of very fast small cassowaries with very sharp teeth.

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  • [–] 14 points 9 months ago* (2 children)

    Utahraptor is the size of the ones in the movie and was discovered the same year the movie came out. I like to think that's what they are, but Crichton and/or Spielberg just thought "velociraptor" was a cooler name.

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