A 3D artist has re-imagined the iconic Velociraptors from Jurassic Park, revealing a scientific truth that wasn't reflected in the films. The creatures depicted in the movies are actually Deinonychus antirrhopus, which were much larger than true Velociraptors.
, and a film that put CG creature effects on the map. But it's known for years, and even during production of Jurassic Park , that new scientific data showed dinosaurs were closer to birds than lizards, and were covered in colourful feathers., which takes the original Jurassic Park footage of the finale as the raptors circle the heroes and the famous kitchen scene, and replaced the scaly models with feathered creatures.
"Velocjraptor was around d the size of a swan, Deinonychus, the raptors in the movie misnamed as Velociraptor, was much larger, albeit a bit smaller than this," He explains the new theory of what raptors looked like:"As far as we know, all raptors were as extensively feathered as modern birds. In fact, it's theorised that large raptors are actually the descendants of small gliding or even flying more primitive paravian dinosaurs. They were extremely close to birds."Daily design news, reviews, how-tos and more, as picked by the editors.
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