The Great Velociraptor: The Turkey Sized 'Speedy Thief' | Dinosaur Documentary

They lived in the Late Cretaceous period about 85.8 to 70.6 million years ago, but it wasn’t until 1993 that the velociraptor became world famous when it had its starring turn in the film Jurassic Park. Although – as we’ll go into later – this film depiction isn’t exactly accurate, the velociraptor is just as interesting in real life as it was depicted on film. Today we’re going to deep dive into this historic hunter, from the first discovery to famous velociraptor fossils.

0:00 Introduction
0:50 First discovery
4:27 Species of velociraptor
7:00 What did a velociraptor look like?
7:44 Claws out!
9:33 Smile for the camera, velociraptor
10:32 A sturdy head on its shoulders
13:20 A feathery foe
16:05 Cold-hearted, warm-blooded killer
16:36 Speed demon
17:52 Home sweet home
18:45 What’s for dinner?
19:16 How did they hunt?
21:07 Sounds of the Late Cretaceous
24:13 When did they die out?
24:51 A ferocious family tree
29:51 Famous fossils
35:03 Jurassic Park
37:47 Film vs Reality

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[dinosaurdiscovery]

A large part of this video was missing in the previous upload so here is full version. Have a great week everyone.

[pst]

Everybody doubting the danger of a turkey sized bird with a big claw has never been attacked by a rooster.

[keileyk]

In my opinion it's unreasonable to think that they didn't vocalize at all, especially with how vocal most birds are.

[nathanielvashaw]

I'm pretty done with people saying that feathered dinosaurs can't be scary. Have they seen eagles or terror birds?

[BillyTheBigKid]

Man, the turkeys in the Jurassic Park universe must be HUGE.

[BarbaraRay-mr]

I could literally watch these types of videos all day. Should have been a Dinosaurologist.

[lesleyhahn]

the sound that comes to my mind when I think of velociraptors is, "Clever girl."

[SCmaro]

Jurassic Park can easily be explained by fact that those are not "true" dinosaur clones but genetically pieced together dinosaur-like creatures designed to be theme park exhibits.

[garyramirez]

The part of the documentary saying that didn't know why velocitaptor would attack prey larger than it's self is actually a bit explainable, all they have to do is look at birds of prey, bird's of prey go after prey bigger than themselves as well as small prey, golden eagle's hunt deer, wolves, fox's and mountain goat which are all bigger than the eagles themselves and it's not because they are sick or weak, peregrine falcons have been known to attack and hunt pelicans which again are much bigger than the falcons themselves, raptors today or bird's of prey are very opportunistic predators and will take any chance they can with their prey if they know they can dispatch it and eat it, so it's very likely that velocitaptor was the same way

[FloozieOne]

I fell into this video by mistake but it was a great mistake. Very complete and informative and your voice is so soothing with no awful screeching dinosaurs like most sites. Thanks for this, now I have to go watch some more of your stuff. p.s. definitely with feathers.

[frankhernandez]

Dinos with FEATHERS would certainly be scarier. Especially if they would rattle the quills

[embersofwolfenflame]

I always saw velociraptors as simular to cassawaries. Due to the foot claw, i imagined thats how they used it.

[greghh]

Of course it's less scary. It's smaller. But still, facts are facts, and this video is valuable for giving us a more accurate picture of these critters.

[gic]

I love that you’re so interested in Dino’s you made a whole entire other high quality page just to teach us about em …you’re as cool as your voice
Love you & your content thank you!!

[anthonybeers]

I have 4 kinds of starlings and two kinds of bee eaters in my yard at the moment and yet paleontologists get confused anytime they find two similar animals in the same area.

[houseguest]

This is definitely my favourite YouTube channel to date literally truly fascinating videos one after the other thank you so much for sharing please keep the great content coming!!!

[whatwatchyt]

I’m soon to be an apprentice falconer because my love for these dinosaurs.

[TheRealRodent]

One thing that gets me with raptor types, and the Velociraptor, is I find the actual animal far scarier than the Jurassic Park version.
Ok, the JP ones are scary as f*ck... but the real animal being basically a decent sized feathered bird of prey that hunted in packs like wolves, makes it something far beyond anything that fiction could write.

When you then consider that Deinonychus is closer to the movie, the Deinonychus itself then becomes scarier in its own right than the movie.
Giant, 6ft birds of prey that had enormous killing claws on their feet, razor sharp teeth, and a pretty decent sized brain.
Scary stuff.

I mean, with Velociraptor, imagine being hunted by a pack of wolves across a tundra or through a forest. They're stalking you, and at any time may actually charge, and circle you, pincer movement to make sure you can't go one way or the other, you can only go forwards... which means the wolves behind you WILL catch you as you have no choice but to run in a straight line...

... but now imagine that scenario with a group of around 10 or 15 Eagle sized birds that have teeth for good measure.

[My-art-Rock]

Velociraptor Are My Favorite Dinosaurs

[thenightscythe]

Ok... So imagine a large Goose coming at you, with Talon's like an Eagle... Running 30 mph.

Still a terrifying thought...lol