What Did Velociraptor Eat ?
Some 80 to 85 million years ago, Velociraptor existed on this planet and that period of time is known as late Cretaceous period. Nearly fifteen million years ago, all the dinosaurs vanished. At that time, the climatic condition was dry, parched and hot. Also, there polar ice caps did not exist at that time. Not only Velociraptor, but many small birds and mammals also existed during this period. Plants and flowers flourished along with many kinds of insects. Many of the insects that existed in the Cretaceous period have been recognized in today’s world also. |
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Velociraptor was a meat eating dinosaur. It used its claw of the toe for tearing down and slashing the flesh of other animals. Other dinosaurs who were very much like Velociraptor were Deinonychus and Dromeosaurs. They were usually found in groups. Single-handedly, a Velociraptor could kill small animals such as lizards, small mammals, and small and young dinosaurs. But when they hunted in groups, they killed the large and big animals such as homocephale and even the more large hadrosaurs. In a group, they would form a circle keeping the prey in center and this left no chance for the prey to escape.
Protoceratops, an herbivorous dinosaur and also a close relative of Triceratops, was considered to be the favorite food of Velociraptor. Protoceratops with no horn has the shape and structure of a pig. The fossil remains of the Protoceratops and Velociraptor were found together and in deathly pose depicting a picture as they were fighting each other and died there.
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