http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2012/12/ow-did-raptors-use-their-fearsome-toe-claws/ 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/2012/12/ow-did-raptors-use-their-fearsome-toe-claws/comment-page-1/#comment-7329 Abigail Elizabeth Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:07:50 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=8957#comment-7329 When paleontologist John Ostrom named Deinonychus in 1969,he provided the spark for our long-running fascination with the "raptors." When paleontologist John Ostrom named Deinonychus in 1969,he provided the spark for our long-running fascination with the “raptors.”

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2012/12/ow-did-raptors-use-their-fearsome-toe-claws/comment-page-1/#comment-7320 'Dr'. S Beckmann, BS Sat, 08 Dec 2012 16:15:09 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=8957#comment-7320 Well, NOW we have to rewrite/reshoot the entire "tree-climbing to escape the Velociraptors" scene in Jurassic Park, also? Man! Pretty soon the only thing salvageable in that flick will be the credits! As for the predatory bird examples, did the zoologists take into consideration the curved beak might take the place of a toe claw? Well, NOW we have to rewrite/reshoot the entire “tree-climbing to escape the Velociraptors” scene in Jurassic Park, also? Man! Pretty soon the only thing salvageable in that flick will be the credits!
As for the predatory bird examples, did the zoologists take into consideration the curved beak might take the place of a toe claw?

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