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I want a giant house cat (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 14 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Same thing with birds. Those sweet little song birds, little and cute. Until you imagine yourself the size of their prey. They're freaking velociraptors.

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  • [–] 13 points 18 hours ago (1 child)

    I think velociraptor definitely conjures the correct imagery here. However, it's always bothered me that, in reality, velociraptors are small compared to Humans. Jurassic Park/World based their velociraptors on deinonychus. But, going by size, the "Velociraptors" you see in those movies are much closer to "Utahraptors".

    Velociraptor : Toc7sfwcUeRl3Dd.png

    Utahraptor : FzCnBivjnXp9I5v.png

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