http://www.explainxkcd.com/2010/06/25/raptor-fences/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:36:29 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.explainxkcd.com/2010/06/25/raptor-fences/comment-page-1/#comment-1765 Pup Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:30:18 +0000 http://www.explainxkcd.com/?p=555#comment-1765 To be fair though, velociraptors were only about the size of a turkey anyway. Jurassic Park's raptors were closer to the size of a deinonychus, another dromeosaurid. To be fair though, velociraptors were only about the size of a turkey anyway. Jurassic Park’s raptors were closer to the size of a deinonychus, another dromeosaurid.

]]> http://www.explainxkcd.com/2010/06/25/raptor-fences/comment-page-1/#comment-1736 inof Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:46:44 +0000 http://www.explainxkcd.com/?p=555#comment-1736 For those who don't know Jurassic Park (the movie or the book) and don't want to google, it might be worth adding that the word "raptors" refers to velociraptors, a carnivorous dinosaur species that is not as huge as the dreaded T-rex (in fact it's merely bigger than a human), but is very smart, quick and dangerous. For those who don’t know Jurassic Park (the movie or the book) and don’t want to google, it might be worth adding that the word “raptors” refers to velociraptors, a carnivorous dinosaur species that is not as huge as the dreaded T-rex (in fact it’s merely bigger than a human), but is very smart, quick and dangerous.

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