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First Fossil Evidence That Velociraptors Hunted in Packs
Ponca City, We Love You writes "The New Scientist reports that palaeontologists have excavated a fossil trackway in Shandong Province in China 100 to 120 million years old that contains footprints left by six Dromeosaurs, the more formal name for raptors, showing evidence of group behavior. Up until now, the popular stereotype from Jurassic Park of raptors hunting in packs has had no fossil evidence to back it up. The paths of the six 90 kilo raptors do not overlap where the animals walked alongside a river or stream. '"The odds of these tracks being made by different individuals that just happen to be moving in the same direction, without their tracks stepping on one another, are small," said Jerry D. Harris, director of paleontology at Dixie State College. "Groups that do that usually have relatively sophisticated behavior, and they're relatively intelligent," Harris added. "By moving together in groups, it's entirely possible that they hunted in groups."'"
Who needs fossil evidence? Just watch the movie. See? Packs.
seriously, i wish God would stop planting 'evidence' of dinosaurs, this is getting rather tiresome.
I'm a rabbit startled by the headlights of life
They were obediently following Adam and Eve around, and it was only 6000 years ago. Blasphemers!
Ok my karma is maxed out. When do I become Enlightened?
Now all we need to find is some evidence of raptors being able to open up doors, and we'll have proof that Hollywood knows more about Dinosaurs than Science.
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This link is more relevant: http://xkcd.com/135/
"Try to imagine yourself in the Cretaceous Period. You get your first look at this "six foot turkey" as you enter a clearing. He moves like a bird, lightly, bobbing his head. And you keep still because you think that maybe his visual acuity is based on movement like T-Rex, he'll lose you if you don't move. But no, not Velociraptor. You stare at him, and he just stares right back. And that's when the attack comes. Not from the front, but from the side, from the other two 'raptors you didn't even know were there. Because Velociraptor's a pack hunter, you see, he uses coordinated attack patterns and he is out in force today. And he slashes at you with this... a six-inch retractable claw, like a razor, on the the middle toe. He doesn't bother to bite your jugular like a lion, say... no no. He slashes at you here... or here... or maybe across the belly, spilling your intestines. The point is... you are alive when they start to eat you. So you know... try to show a little respect.
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.. with lots of free time and a sense of humor. :|
And this one. Where are your velociraptor entry-points?
- None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
TFA says there were six of them. I suppose that makes them six-pack hunters.
I can identify with that.
What if I do the same thing, and I do get different results?
It was already known that Dinosaurs were sociable animals. They are still alive in a special place. It is called Congress.
Yeah, this just establishes that they died in packs; perhaps also that they had cults and poor judgment.