Deinonychus: The Velociraptor's Badass Big Brother Meet the real life Jurassic Park raptor this 3-meter terrible claw dinosaur hunted in packs 115 million years ago, using its foot sickle claws to disembowel prey. #cretaceous #reelsviralシfb, #challenge, #hunting, #instagramreels, #hungry #predator #dinosaurlover #lifesanadventure, #usa, #DinosaurAdventure , #knowledge, #lifehacks ,#dinosaur | Star Kids

Best #Deinonychus display? On Feb 25, 1969, Dr. John Ostrom published the name #Deinonychus, “terrible claw,” and ignited a revolution that we still enjoy. The #dinosaur/bird link, which wasn’t new per se, was firmly established with his 1969 works. The etymology breaks down as Deinos, “terrible,” and onyx for “claw or talon.” Think Baryonyx and Megalonyx. In my head I always thought it was Deino and nychus, now we all know 😃. The holotype is the legendary YPM 5205, a complete left and partial

The Dinosaur That Inspired a Movie Monster 🎬🦖 If this dinosaur looks familiar, it’s because you’ve probably seen it in the movies—but under a different name! Meet the Deinonychus. When Jurassic Park was being written, the author based his "Velociraptors" on this animal. Real Velociraptors were actually the size of turkeys, but the Deinonychus was the human-sized, pack-hunting predator we all feared on screen. As you can see in this reconstruction, they were likely covered in feathers, making t