Velociraptor
"Speedy Thief"

ANATOMY
Velociraptor was a speedy, bipedal carnivore. It had about 30 very sharp, curved teeth in a long, flat
snout, an s-shaped neck, long thin legs, arms with three-fingered clawed hands and four-toed clawed feet.

                  Velociraptor may have been able to run up to roughly 40 mph (60 km/hr) for short bursts.

Velociraptor was about 6 feet long (2 m), and 3 feet tall (1 m). It may have weighed about 15 to 33
 pounds (7 to 15 kg). It had a stiff tail that worked as a counterbalance and let it make very quick turns.

One 7 inch (18 cm) long, sickle-like, retractible claw was on the middle toes of each foot. This claw was its main weapon, and could probably kill most of its prey (defenseless plant-eaters like hadrosaurs) easily.

Velociraptor brains were very large in comparison to their body size (this is true for all the Dromaeosaurid dinosaurs,
who were the most intelligent dinosaurs).

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Daniel Berry