If animals like velociraptor were alive today our first impression would be that they were just very unusual looking birds". Materials provided by American Museum of Natural History. Note: Content may be edited for style and length. Science News. This research appears in the Sept. ScienceDaily, 20 September American Museum of Natural History. It seems most likely that Velociraptor had feathers on its whole body and not just its arms.
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Some specimens suggest this weird dinosaur may even have been capable of glided flight, making surprise aerial attacks possible. A vertebrate palaeontologist and evolutionary biologist at the University of Edinburgh, Prof Brusatte has hunted for dinosaur fossils all over the world and written over scientific papers, as well as several books.
A former deputy editor at Science Focus, Ian once undertook a scientific ranking of the UK's best rollercoasters on behalf of the magazine. He is now a freelance writer, which is frankly a lot less fun. Home Nature The scary truth about Velociraptors. About our expert, Prof Steve Brusatte A vertebrate palaeontologist and evolutionary biologist at the University of Edinburgh, Prof Brusatte has hunted for dinosaur fossils all over the world and written over scientific papers, as well as several books.
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