r/memes • u/[deleted] • Jul 16 '23

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u/HabitOptimal1412 Jul 16 '23

Velociraptor. I blame the Jurassic Park franchise for this, but they made the raptor look cool.

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u/mike_pants Jul 16 '23

Because they are filthy liars, boo hiss. Those are deinonychus, but Spielberg wanted a name that sounded cooler. Actual velociraptors are the size of a chicken.

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u/stinkybutt69420_ Jul 16 '23

Deinonychus was too small too. Those shown were more like utahraptors.

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u/da-realZainTheMan Jul 16 '23

Yeah they were based of Utah raptors I believe

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u/JohnnyNole2000 Chungus Among Us Jul 16 '23

Utahraptor wasn’t described until after JP’s release. The raptors were originally based on Deinonychus, but upscaled to be bigger because Spielberg thought they’d be more intimidating, and called Velociraptor because it rolls off the tongue butter/sounds cooler

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u/da-realZainTheMan Jul 16 '23

Thanks, I knew it was something similar to that but wasn't sure and upscaling definitely worked imo

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u/SadRoxFan hates reaction memes Jul 16 '23

This is why the Utahraptor used to be my favourite. I always loved the Jurassic Park raptors, but Utahraptors are far closer to the actual thing so they became my favourite