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Explores how scientific understanding and cultural depictions of the Velociraptor and its relatives, the Dromaeosauridae, have evolved over time. Early fossil discoveries in the 1920s portrayed them as small, reptile-like predators, but later findings—especially the 1969 discovery of Deinonychus—revealed they were far more active and warm-blooded. Popular media, particularly Jurassic Park, solidified an inaccurate image of the raptor as large and scaly, even after discoveries in 1999 confirmed that these dinosaurs actually had feathers. More recent portrayals now reflect these scientific updates, showing feathered, agile predators with specialized sickle claws, demonstrating how our image of these creatures continues to change with new evidence.
You can listen and download our episodes for free on more than 10 different platforms:
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https://www.podcaistudio.com/
You can listen and download our episodes for free on more than 10 different platforms:
https://linktr.ee/wild_wonders1
Produced by:
https://www.podcaistudio.com/
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By Wild WondersExplores how scientific understanding and cultural depictions of the Velociraptor and its relatives, the Dromaeosauridae, have evolved over time. Early fossil discoveries in the 1920s portrayed them as small, reptile-like predators, but later findings—especially the 1969 discovery of Deinonychus—revealed they were far more active and warm-blooded. Popular media, particularly Jurassic Park, solidified an inaccurate image of the raptor as large and scaly, even after discoveries in 1999 confirmed that these dinosaurs actually had feathers. More recent portrayals now reflect these scientific updates, showing feathered, agile predators with specialized sickle claws, demonstrating how our image of these creatures continues to change with new evidence.
You can listen and download our episodes for free on more than 10 different platforms:
https://linktr.ee/wild_wonders1
Produced by:
https://www.podcaistudio.com/
You can listen and download our episodes for free on more than 10 different platforms:
https://linktr.ee/wild_wonders1
Produced by:
https://www.podcaistudio.com/