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Velociraptor Accuracy

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Fossil evidence showing velociraptors were feathered, about the size of a mid-sized poodle, not the large featherless creatures depicted in Jurassic Park.

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When Movies Screw Up the Science

  • 7:58

    New discovery in 1998 showed velociraptor forearm bone with quill markings for feathers.

  • 8:25

    Velociraptors were about the size of a mid-sized poodle, not 6 feet tall.

  • 8:51

    Velociraptors should be covered in feathers with a sickle-shaped claw on each hind foot.