Comments on: Deinonychus and Velociraptor used their killing claws to pin prey, like eagles and hawks http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/12/14/deinonychus-and-velociraptor-used-their-killing-claws-to-pin-prey-like-eagles-and-hawks/ Dive into the awe-inspiring, beautiful and quirky world of science news with award-winning writer Ed Yong. No previous experience required. Sat, 26 May 2012 10:52:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mysti http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/12/14/deinonychus-and-velociraptor-used-their-killing-claws-to-pin-prey-like-eagles-and-hawks/comment-page-1/#comment-71270 Mysti Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:45:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=6025#comment-71270 A fossil of velociraptor showed it using it's large claw to stab the neck of a protoceratops,(died whilst doing it), I figure deinonychus would have done the same, though this makes sense, the use of the sickle claw could vary between the different dromeasaurids or be used two or more ways by a species even. A fossil of velociraptor showed it using it’s large claw to stab the neck of a protoceratops,(died whilst doing it), I figure deinonychus would have done the same, though this makes sense,
the use of the sickle claw could vary between the different dromeasaurids or be used two or more ways by a species even.

]]> By: yogi-one http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/12/14/deinonychus-and-velociraptor-used-their-killing-claws-to-pin-prey-like-eagles-and-hawks/comment-page-1/#comment-69433 yogi-one Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:56:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=6025#comment-69433 So Jurassic Park is wrong--Bummer! So is are those great scenes in the latest Godzilla remake where the baby godzillas/raptors are chasing the humans around in the coliseum. I guess it was bound to be as our understanding of the dinos evolves... So Jurassic Park is wrong–Bummer! So is are those great scenes in the latest Godzilla remake where the baby godzillas/raptors are chasing the humans around in the coliseum.

I guess it was bound to be as our understanding of the dinos evolves…

]]> By: vince http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/12/14/deinonychus-and-velociraptor-used-their-killing-claws-to-pin-prey-like-eagles-and-hawks/comment-page-1/#comment-68350 vince Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:36:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=6025#comment-68350 this answers the creationist myth that a half formed wing (eye in the original) is useless this answers the creationist myth that a half formed wing (eye in the original) is useless

]]> By: Henrique Niza http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/12/14/deinonychus-and-velociraptor-used-their-killing-claws-to-pin-prey-like-eagles-and-hawks/comment-page-1/#comment-67953 Henrique Niza Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:56:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=6025#comment-67953 I didn't yet read the entire paper but can also this suggest a hunting strategy from the trees onto to prey by dromaeosaurs with suitable size to arboreal life-style? I didn’t yet read the entire paper but can also this suggest a hunting strategy from the trees onto to prey by dromaeosaurs with suitable size to arboreal life-style?

]]> By: Juicyheart http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/12/14/deinonychus-and-velociraptor-used-their-killing-claws-to-pin-prey-like-eagles-and-hawks/comment-page-1/#comment-67787 Juicyheart Sat, 17 Dec 2011 04:17:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=6025#comment-67787 Could the frill of a cerotops be designed to keep a raptor, or pack of raptors, off the neck, rather than to keep a tyrannosaur from biting into it Could the frill of a cerotops be designed to keep a raptor, or pack of raptors, off the neck, rather than to keep a tyrannosaur from biting into it

]]> By: Juicyheart http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/12/14/deinonychus-and-velociraptor-used-their-killing-claws-to-pin-prey-like-eagles-and-hawks/comment-page-1/#comment-67786 Juicyheart Sat, 17 Dec 2011 04:08:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=6025#comment-67786 I thought I was updating my second post with my third post. Damn iPhone interface. Sorry for the inconvenience. I thought I was updating my second post with my third post. Damn iPhone interface. Sorry for the inconvenience.

]]> By: Juicyheart http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/12/14/deinonychus-and-velociraptor-used-their-killing-claws-to-pin-prey-like-eagles-and-hawks/comment-page-1/#comment-67785 Juicyheart Sat, 17 Dec 2011 04:01:01 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=6025#comment-67785 If these things are ambush predators. Could feathers help them with that? Both lengthening their jump and distracting the prey by making a larger creature suddenly being present and changing the color scheme of the environment. I remember seeing a YouTube video of a cuttlefish doing that to an octopus. Could these proto wings help a raptor climb the ribs of a sauropod? Could a pack of these kill a cerotop by jumping and fluttering past the horns and frills, to inflict weakening wounds? Were they the first bronco riders? If these things are ambush predators. Could feathers help them with that? Both lengthening their jump and distracting the prey by making a larger creature suddenly being present and changing the color scheme of the environment. I remember seeing a YouTube video of a cuttlefish doing that to an octopus. Could these proto wings help a raptor climb the ribs of a sauropod? Could a pack of these kill a cerotop by jumping and fluttering past the horns and frills, to inflict weakening wounds? Were they the first bronco riders?

]]> By: Juicyheart http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/12/14/deinonychus-and-velociraptor-used-their-killing-claws-to-pin-prey-like-eagles-and-hawks/comment-page-1/#comment-67781 Juicyheart Sat, 17 Dec 2011 03:43:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=6025#comment-67781 If these things are ambush predators. Could feathers help them with that? Both lengthening their jump and distracting the prey by making a larger creature suddenly being present and changing the color scheme of the environment. I remember seeing a YouTube video of a cuttlefish doing that to an octopus. If these things are ambush predators. Could feathers help them with that? Both lengthening their jump and distracting the prey by making a larger creature suddenly being present and changing the color scheme of the environment. I remember seeing a YouTube video of a cuttlefish doing that to an octopus.

]]> By: Juicyheart http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/12/14/deinonychus-and-velociraptor-used-their-killing-claws-to-pin-prey-like-eagles-and-hawks/comment-page-1/#comment-67780 Juicyheart Sat, 17 Dec 2011 03:33:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=6025#comment-67780 Zerosaurus!!! Zerosaurus!!!

]]> By: lkr http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/12/14/deinonychus-and-velociraptor-used-their-killing-claws-to-pin-prey-like-eagles-and-hawks/comment-page-1/#comment-67746 lkr Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:31:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=6025#comment-67746 With this 'dive-bomber' hypothesis in play, I suppose it's only a matter of time before somebody names a new dromaeosaur "Stukasaurus" or "Helldiveria"?? With this ‘dive-bomber’ hypothesis in play, I suppose it’s only a matter of time before somebody names a new dromaeosaur “Stukasaurus” or “Helldiveria”??

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