How Raptors Really Used Their Claws

Dinosaur fans out there, I know that your pantheon of favorites won’t be complete without those fast two-legged killers. You know, the dromaeosaurids, though most people knew them by another name. The raptors. The fascination with these sleek “plunderers” was probably induced by Jurassic Park movies, when we first saw them chasing those kids around the room. In later films, they were slowly portrayed in a more positive light, until it joined the tyrant lizard king as a hero. Among the many raptor species, the Velociraptor received the honor of being featured in a film series, though the portrayal wasn’t exactly accurate.