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Post by sid on Dec 21, 2008 23:22:34 GMT
I say we all accept that the JP "raptors" were movie monster beasties, and can only land a label of "Generic Dromaeosaurid" at best. "Movie monsters" I disagree! Sorry,man,but for me JP "Raptors" are still the most realistic restorations of Dromeosaurids EVER (well,maybe except for the tricks they used to catch humans troughout the trilogy) And don't begin to tell me that: - they were feathered,because until we find REAL evidence that ALL Dromeosaurids were fully feathered,i'll quietly keep on thinking that the only feathered Dromies were Microraptor and Sinornithosaurus ;D - they couldn't place their hands like that,because,if you remember well,semi-lunate carpal allowed the wrist to be much MORE flexible and mobile,than,let's say,us primates ;D ;D
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Post by [][][]cordylus[][][] on Dec 22, 2008 1:28:11 GMT
*sighs* Oh sid......
I don't think anybody doubts that they COULD have held their hands like that, but... Why would they want to? It would have been pretty uncumfortable, and just because people can hold their wrists facing downwards, does that mean humans do it all the time?
And it isn't "all species of dromeosaurid" in the movies- It was velociraptor, who we now know has feathers(well if you choose to accept the evidence)
And they ARE just movie monsters- Short and flexy tailed, super-genius, super-strength, door opening movie monsters! ;D
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Post by sid on Dec 22, 2008 18:00:37 GMT
*sighs* Oh sid...... I don't think anybody doubts that they COULD have held their hands like that, but... Why would they want to? It would have been pretty uncumfortable, and just because people can hold their wrists facing downwards, does that mean humans do it all the time? And it isn't "all species of dromeosaurid" in the movies- It was velociraptor, who we now know has feathers(well if you choose to accept the evidence) And they ARE just movie monsters- Short and flexy tailed, super-genius, super-strength, door opening movie monsters! ;D Lalalalalalalalalalala.... (shouting as he's covering his ears) I don't even listen to that anymore!! ;D ;D ;D Anyway,jokes aside,i feel that calling them "monsters" is somewhat offensive to Stan Winston,who made true MASTERPIECES (regarding special effects) in JP... ...Call 'em "movie ANIMALS" instead...It's better
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Post by richard on Dec 25, 2008 7:03:19 GMT
21 feet long?! that's larger than most of crocs and the members of the boidae family! Argentina seems to had had huuge animals
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Post by arioch on Dec 28, 2008 11:03:44 GMT
I must recognize, even being from that odd branch of Dromaeosauridae, its a strange animal. I mean, his arms are too short for any average dromaeosaurid.... www.rionegro.com.ar/diario/2008/12/18/images/84616_original.jpgEven Buitreraptor, another unengalinae, had a lot longer arms. For me, looks like more an ostrich with teeth than any real theropod. And its extremely slim and elongate, like Deltadromeos, lacking the usual compact build of most members of its family. This is curious , cause dromaeosaurids were not real runners, but more ambush hunters.
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Post by [][][]cordylus[][][] on Dec 28, 2008 16:53:13 GMT
^Did they even find the fossil arms, or did they just make them small for the drawing?
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Post by arioch on Dec 28, 2008 19:01:03 GMT
Yes, the original article says that they found enough bones to know most of his proportions. They have his humerus. evolucionarios.com/?q=node/3115Trust me, i´m spaniard. ;D
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