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• n  small active carnivore that probably fed on protoceratops; possibly related more closely to birds than to other dinosaurs

• Until the latest discovery, the largest velociraptor ever found was about the size of a human.
• Notes Wallis: "If you have a new artifact to look at -- the skull of an early hominid, the talon of a velociraptor -- you can engage in a thrilling kind of time traveling.
• They are about some guy being tracked and caught by some other guy or woman (or velociraptor).

News & Articles

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• 'Rapty' the velociraptor statue stolen from 9th and 9th neighborhood
  Raptyis missing. The velociraptor statue that’s been a fixture in Salt Lake City's artsy 9th and 9th neighborhood...
  Aug. 6, 2013 - Deseret News
• Rapty is returned
  A popular velociraptor statute in Salt Lake City's 9th and 9th neighborhood that disappeared over the weekend, reappeared...
  Aug. 6, 2013 - Deseret News
• Stolen dinosaur statue returned
  A popular velociraptor statute in Salt Lake City's 9th and 9th neighborhood that disappeared over the weekend, reappeared Tuesday as suddenly as it went missing.
  Aug. 6, 2013 - KSL Salt Lake City

Quotes

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• Paul Sereno in MercoPress
  This was a monster raptor that makes the Velociraptor look like kid's play,said Sereno, also a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence. "At five meters long with a sickle-shaped claw, it was an amazing predator." "Normally you'd...
• Elon Musk in San Francisco Business Times (blog)
  We're a frickin' technology velociraptor,says Musk in his roadshow presentation that you can catch on the web.
• Scott Hocknull in NEWS.com.au
  Ours is bigger and meaner. In reality velociraptor was turkey-sized,Queensland Museum senior curator of geosciences Mr Hocknull said yesterday. "Matilda probably got stuck in the mud and Banjo has come along, seen a free meal and got stuck...