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EDITORIAL: Don't fear the raptor.(Editorial)
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Tribune (Mesa, AZ)
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October 1, 2007
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2007 The Tribune. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Oct. 1--One of the great contributions to our national inventory of nightmares was the velociraptor from the "Jurassic Park" movies. Operating in packs, larger than a human, much faster, crafty, voracious, the velociraptor was one baaaad dinosaur.
It turns out that "Jurassic Park" exaggerated slightly, not that Hollywood would ever do that. The real velociraptor was only about 3 feet high and weighed about 30 pounds, the size of a large domestic turkey. But wait. It gets worse. Paleontologists have determined that the velociraptor had feathers. And, like the domestic turkey, the velociraptor couldn't fly, either. Scientist Alan Turner told Reuters: "If a ...
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