Same thing with birds. Those sweet little song birds, little and cute. Until you imagine yourself the size of their prey. They're freaking velociraptors.

[–] Sandbar_Trekker@piefed.zip 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think velociraptor definitely conjures the correct imagery here. However, it's always bothered me that, in reality, velociraptors are small compared to Humans. Jurassic Park/World based their velociraptors on deinonychus. But, going by size, the "Velociraptors" you see in those movies are much closer to "Utahraptors".

Velociraptor :

Utahraptor :

[–] EddoWagt@feddit.nl 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I like how dinosaurs are now commonly accepted to have had feathers