Dr. Rob -
If you could revive prehistoric animals for game and eating, why settle for something as inoffensive Utahraptors (the stars of scientist Robert Bakker's Raptor Red).
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MEGARAPTOR
It was thought that megaraptors shared some characteristics with the smaller Utah raptors thanks to parallel evolution but were another species entirely. The size of its sickle claw is listed below and is quite a jaw dropper!
Jeff
Megaraptor
"Huge Robber"
ANATOMY
Megaraptor was a large, terrifying late Cretaceous predator with two enormous, sickle-like toe claws. It was a huge, lightly built, fast-moving, agile, bipedal (walked on two legs), bird-like dinosaur. It had a curved, flexible neck, and a big head with sharp, serrated teeth in very powerful jaws.
The second toe on each foot had a 14 inch (35 cm) sickle-like claw and the other toes had smaller claws. When alive, this claw would have been sheathed in a horny, keratinous material much like our fingernails, making the claw even bigger, longer and sharper. The long tail was used for balance and fast turning ability. It had a relatively large brain and large, keen, eyes. Megaraptor was about 20-26 feet (6-8 m) long.
WHEN MEGARAPTOR LIVED
Megaraptor lived during the late Cretaceous period, about 90-84 million years ago.
BEHAVIOR AND INTELLIGENCE
Megaraptor, along with the other advanced theropods (like the closely-related dromaeosaurids), were among the smartest of the dinosaurs, as calculated from their brain:body weight ratio (or EQ). This made them very deadly predators.
DIET
Megaraptor was a carnivore, a meat eater. It probably ate just about anything it could slash and tear apart. When hunting in packs, Megaraptor could probably kill any prey it desired.
LOCOMOTION
Megaraptor walked on two slender, bird-like legs; it must have been a fast runner, considering its legs and light weight. When it ran, it rotated its huge middle-toe-claw upwards and ran on the other toes.
DISCOVERY OF FOSSILS
Incomplete Megaraptor remains were found in 1996 in Northwest Patagonia, Argentina by paleontologist F. Novas. Novas named it in 1998 (when it was still thought to be a raptor). Fossils included a huge sickle-shaped claw, metatarsal, ulna, and a finger bone.