Velociraptor

Velociraptor ("swift seizer") was a small dromaeosaur from Asia popularized by the film Jurassic Park, although based on Deinonychus.

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Biome: Desertical with intermittent streams

Security: Medium

Popularity: 5

Diet: Carnivore, preferably medium-sized along with usual scavenging.

Behavior: Velociraptors are nocturnal, so they prefer medium-sized prey, to sustain themselves during the night, which is when their favored prey, Protoceratops, is sleeping; waking them up would be a bad choice, waking up the nearby ceratopsians. Due to this, Velociraptors favour their prey during the twilight, which is when both species are awake. When hunting, these dinosaurs will exhibit behavior similar to that of accipitrids: leaping into the animal, pit it down under their weight, gripping it with their sickle claws and starting to devour it meanwhile the animal is still alive, leaving them to die from their injuries. If this doesn't kill it, they will use their weak biteforce to bring them down. They are also opportune scavengers: if they find any dead critter nearby they will take a bite. Their appetite, however, can lead them to their demise: if the carrion is too big, they will suffocate. But however, while they may be a smart predator, there are bigger threats on the area; if they feel threated, they will run until they find a tree, which they will climb using their sickle claws, and will not climb own until the predator is gone.