Smaller than the movies suggest — about the size of a turkey, and fully feathered — but every bit as sharp. Velociraptor used its famous sickle claw not to slash but to pin struggling prey, eating it alive like a modern eagle.
Length2 m
Height0.7 m
Weight15 kg
Top speed60 km/h
Field notes
- A fossil preserves one locked in combat with a Protoceratops.
- Quill knobs on its arm bones prove it had feathers.
- It was about the size of a large turkey.