RE: Evidence For a Feathered Velociraptor...

[Nick Page <nick0page@hotmail.com>]

Maybe the Velociraptor was trying to mate with the Protoceratops and it was 
just a terrible mistake.

Nick

> Carpenter, K. (2001).  Evidence of predatory behavior by carnivorous 
> dinosaurs.  Gaia 15: 135-144.
>
>
> Although other interpretations have come up for this pose (e.g., the 
> _Velociraptor_ was scavenging a _Protoceratops_ carcass;
> the _Protoceratops_ was the aggressor), the most plausible explanation is 
> that the _Velociraptor_ was attacking the
> _Protoceratops_, and used its forelimbs (as well as its hindlimbs) to 
> engage its prey.

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