Same thing with birds. Those sweet little song birds, little and cute. Until you imagine yourself the size of their prey. They’re freaking velociraptors.
I think velociraptor definitely conjures the correct imagery here. However, it’s always bothered me that, in reality, velociraptors are small compared to Humans. Jurassic Park/World based their velociraptors on deinonychus. But, going by size, the “Velociraptors” you see in those movies are much closer to “Utahraptors”.
Same thing with birds. Those sweet little song birds, little and cute. Until you imagine yourself the size of their prey. They’re freaking velociraptors.
I think velociraptor definitely conjures the correct imagery here. However, it’s always bothered me that, in reality, velociraptors are small compared to Humans. Jurassic Park/World based their velociraptors on deinonychus. But, going by size, the “Velociraptors” you see in those movies are much closer to “Utahraptors”.
Velociraptor :
Utahraptor :
I like his dinosaurs are now commonly accepted to have had feathers