# That poor Velociraptor. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 27, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-poor-velociraptor/594259 "2011-08-27T02:47:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-poor-velociraptor/594259/41 "2011-08-30T18:45:00Z")
> [@Tapiotar](#): > > It was just a crush before, but now I am officially in love. Don’t be. I’ve listened to him for YEARS…bastard hasn’t Rhymed anything yet! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-poor-velociraptor/594259/42 "2011-08-30T18:46:55Z")
> [@Unintentionally\_Blank](#): > > Don’t be. I’ve listened to him for YEARS…bastard hasn’t Rhymed anything yet! 😃 Stolen from Dr. Crypton in Science Digest, 20 years back: \*There was a young lady from Norway Who hung by her toes in a doorway. She said to her beau, “Just look at me, Joe: I think I’ve found one more way.” \* ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-poor-velociraptor/594259/43 "2011-08-30T19:35:46Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I simply cannot believe that the “velociraptors” shown in Jurassic Park are cold-blooded. They’re way too fast and agile. Likewise the hadrosaurs. I don’t think there’s any rule that ectothermic organisms have to also be slow-moving. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-poor-velociraptor/594259/44 "2011-08-30T19:38:21Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Stolen from Dr. Crypton in Science Digest, 20 years back: > > \*There was a young lady from Norway > Who hung by her toes in a doorway. > She said to her beau, > “Just look at me, Joe: > I think I’ve found one more way.” > \* Sorry, sorry, statute of limitations is up. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-poor-velociraptor/594259/45 "2011-08-30T19:58:59Z")
In the nursery, they say that the velociraptors are warm-blooded. Grant had this theory before (as he thinks they’re related to birds) and the park confirmed his suspicions. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-poor-velociraptor/594259/46 "2011-08-30T20:03:44Z")
> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#): > > I don’t think there’s any rule that ectothermic organisms have to also be slow-moving. Take your facts back to Italy where they belong. ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-poor-velociraptor/594259/47 "2011-08-30T20:05:39Z")
> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#): > > I don’t think there’s any rule that ectothermic organisms have to also be slow-moving. It would certainly come as a surprise to the black iguana, which has been clocked at over 20 MPH. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-poor-velociraptor/594259/48 "2011-08-30T20:11:30Z")
And crocodiles and alligators can get speedy. And snakes. In the book they make it sound as though the dinosaurs are way way faster than any cold blooded creature could possibly be. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-poor-velociraptor/594259/49 "2011-08-30T20:13:23Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > And crocodiles and alligators can get speedy. And snakes. In the book they make it sound as though the dinosaurs are way way faster than any cold blooded creature could possibly be. You’ve never been bit by a Red Eared Slider (turtle) that’s been sitting on a hot rock all afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-poor-velociraptor/594259/50 "2011-08-30T20:14:28Z")
> [@Telperion](#): > > It would certainly come as a surprise to the black iguana, which has been clocked at over 20 MPH. Oh, here we go again… Why’d if have to be the BLACK iguana that’s fast … 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-poor-velociraptor/594259/51 "2011-08-30T20:15:09Z")
Those adorable little guys they sell in Chinatown?! They get fast, too? ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-poor-velociraptor/594259/52 "2011-08-30T21:03:47Z")
> [@Cuckoorex](#): > > Yeah, she’ll die of this or that in that freezer\*…unless she learns how to open doors…!\* Semi-related tangent: I was camping a few weeks ago, and a bear got into my car and raided the cooler therein; and he did it by opening the car door using the door handle. So it’s 4:00 AM and the surrounding campsite neighbors are buzzing around, talking about the bear and where he was and what’d he do, and I related my story. One neighbor said “cool…just like Jurassic Park” ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-poor-velociraptor/594259/53 "2011-08-30T21:44:28Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Semi-related tangent: I was camping a few weeks ago, and a bear got into my car and raided the cooler therein; and he did it by opening the car door using the door handle. > > So it’s 4:00 AM and the surrounding campsite neighbors are buzzing around, talking about the bear and where he was and what’d he do, and I related my story. One neighbor said “cool…just like Jurassic Park” Did the bear hotwire the engine and take your car for a joyride? ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-poor-velociraptor/594259/54 "2011-08-30T21:54:14Z")
> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#): > > Did the bear hotwire the engine and take your car for a joyride? And posted pics to Facebook too! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-poor-velociraptor/594259/55 "2011-08-30T21:59:04Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Why feel sorry for the velociraptor? The 'raptors were EVIL! EEEEEEVIL!!! Die Die DIE!!! They should all be destroyed! ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-poor-velociraptor/594259/56 "2011-09-01T16:42:35Z")
**Primeval** is one of my favorite scifi shows now, but I stopped watching it after the first series two episode for quite a while…because something horrible happened to a raptor. A _baby_ raptor. Three raptors wander through a space-time anomaly and end up in a UK mall. The people on the show notice that one of the adults, presumably a parent, is reacting to lil raptor’s distress call, so they chain the baby up near where they’re hoping to herd them back through to their time. The male raptor is indeed lured to where the infant is. And he eats it! ☹ Obviously I got over it, but I really did feel bad for the little guy. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-poor-velociraptor/594259/57 "2011-09-01T17:24:16Z")
> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#): > > Did the bear hotwire the engine and take your car for a joyride? ‘We’ve got to take the rims! If we don’t, it’s a cinch some other bears will!’ ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-poor-velociraptor/594259/58 "2011-09-01T17:29:51Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > That raptor will get out eventually. She’s a clever girl. Not that clever. She let two snotty kids lock her in a freezer! ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-poor-velociraptor/594259/59 "2011-09-01T17:51:02Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > **Primeval** is one of my favorite scifi shows now, but I stopped watching it after the first series two episode for quite a while…because something horrible happened to a raptor. A _baby_ raptor. > > Three raptors wander through a space-time anomaly and end up in a UK mall. The people on the show notice that one of the adults, presumably a parent, is reacting to lil raptor’s distress call, so they chain the baby up near where they’re hoping to herd them back through to their time. The male raptor is indeed lured to where the infant is. And he eats it! ☹ > > Obviously I got over it, but I really did feel bad for the little guy. Aww. A baby raptor gets eaten by other raptors in the book of Jurassic Park. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-poor-velociraptor/594259/60 "2011-09-01T18:53:51Z")
A question: is the OP in fact the Vince Vaughn character from JP2? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-poor-velociraptor/594259.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-poor-velociraptor/594259.md?page=4)