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Velociraptors were feathered, turkey-sized hunters

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Jurassic Park drastically exaggerated the scale of its terrifying door-opening predators. Real Velociraptors were barely the size of large turkeys, heavily feathered, and probably relied more on overwhelming prey in packs than tapping their claws menacingly on linoleum floors.

Velociraptors were feathered, turkey-sized hunters
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