http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2009/09/did-raptor-killing-claws-evolve-for-climbing/ Where Paleontology Meets Pop Culture Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:48:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2009/09/did-raptor-killing-claws-evolve-for-climbing/comment-page-1/#comment-5830 Zane Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:21:44 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=1994#comment-5830 R U dense?! Of course the slashing claw was used for slashing, cutting, ripping etc. Y do u think it had serrations? and, it moved in a switchblade- like fashion. There was no way it was used for climbing, it would've most likely broke the claw while climbing. and fossil evidence shows the claw was used for killing, like the picture u have at the top of the page, the claw is being thrusted into the gut of the protoceratops, while the protoceratops, grips the predators arm in its hard beak. U must face it: velociraptor and all other maniraptorans with switchblade claws, used them for killing. Y do u think deinonychus means "terrible claw"? exactly. R U dense?! Of course the slashing claw was used for slashing, cutting, ripping etc. Y do u think it had serrations? and, it moved in a switchblade- like fashion. There was no way it was used for climbing, it would’ve most likely broke the claw while climbing. and fossil evidence shows the claw was used for killing, like the picture u have at the top of the page, the claw is being thrusted into the gut of the protoceratops, while the protoceratops, grips the predators arm in its hard beak. U must face it: velociraptor and all other maniraptorans with switchblade claws, used them for killing. Y do u think deinonychus means “terrible claw”? exactly.

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2009/09/did-raptor-killing-claws-evolve-for-climbing/comment-page-1/#comment-1138 Zach Miller Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:40:00 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=1994#comment-1138 Might not be. A presentation at SVP a few days ago tentatively supported it. Might not be. A presentation at SVP a few days ago tentatively supported it.

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2009/09/did-raptor-killing-claws-evolve-for-climbing/comment-page-1/#comment-1128 M. O. Erickson Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:05:17 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=1994#comment-1128 Not this nonsense again. That "climbing crampon" hypothesis is total bunk. Not this nonsense again. That “climbing crampon” hypothesis is total bunk.

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