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Published: 2016-07-09 13:08:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 7807; Favourites: 157; Downloads: 41
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A small part of why I released the old dakotaraptor silhouette is because I made a new one. The reason I had used the Saurian color scheme was because of something Nick Turinetti had said on an interview. the Saurian team had taken pigments into account in the making of their dinosaurs. Not too long ago I learned via observation that birds of prey have a limited color pallet in their feathers. with the 1 exception of the swallowtail kite, the colors they seem to be restricted to are white, grey, black, brown, yellow, red; and the various shades between.Dakotoraptor:
length ~18 foot
weight ~700 lb
Despite their large size Dakotoraptors were likely still able to climb even into adulthood. Climbing would be more prominent among younger raptors. I have depicted it with feathers covering the face; something I have long speculated
Aspecial Shout out to and Incinerox for allowing me to use their dakotaraptor Composite
Disclaimer: I do not take credit for the skeletal references used as bases for the silhouettes I make.
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Nice! Just one thing though, you said birds of prey have limited color pallets, but north american kestrels also include blue in their coloration. Maybe you should include that under the exceptions, just a thought.
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it's slate grey
www.audubon.org/sites/default/…
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it's like a mammal's version of blue 
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Man, I could fav most of your work, but what would be special about a fav then?
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Reminds me of big cats....... the climbing thing.
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Really love the colorpatterns and fluffiness in your depictions!
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I think its cool that it was discovered in South Dakota. My family thought it was cool because that's where most of my family lived for years. You're art never ceases to amaze.
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How capapble of jumping do you think they were?
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bears can jump, so probably not too shabby in the horizontal. as for the vertical.... It's a 700lb raptor built for climbing
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So how far in feet do you think for the horizontal?
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maybe 4 or more feet perhaps 10
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Oh. That makes sense, what about a velociraptor or a deinonychus
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comparable to a turkey.
deinonychus could glide during the younger half of it's life. and since that could likely be very widespread....
put 2 and 2 together
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Alright Thx, but what about when as an adult?
How far or high? Sorry I'm asking so many questions I just want to get this right when I explain to people raptors lacked super jumping capabilities like in JP
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I don't know all that much about raptor jumping capabilities. I guess as a general rule of thumb (with no basis) assume they can't jump more than their length horizonlally(or double with small species) and same rule for height, just swap out length for height
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So a 6ft velociraptor could jump double its length? Also a Bengal Tiger can leap nearly 8 meters horizontally last time I checked so is it possible a Deinonychus could do similarly?
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I said there was no real basis on the rue of thumb and I don't have all the answers. I'm not sure how far a veloci could jump, but by the 'rule of thumb' it would jump horizontally double it's length and vertically double it's height. (granted flapping those wings could assist greatly
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Indeed, once again apologies for all the questions
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it's okay, I just don't really know the answers. all I can do is guess
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I realize I'm being pedantic but the secretary bird has a spot of yellow/orange around its eye.
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oh, I understand now
that's skin. also I did say that some birds o prey have red and yellow as part of their palate.
"the colors they seem to be restricted to are white, grey, black, brown, yellow, red; and the various shades between."
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Oh. They looked like feathers to me. I also didn't see that you included yellow in your list of the bird of prey color palette.
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clears up the confusion.
I was confused by secretary bird.
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By the way, nice drawing of "The Ghost of Hell Creek". One of the best I've seen so far.
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NP. I'm sorry for being so pedantic.
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Ive always wondered, how would dinosaurs react to humans? would they become curious? would they try to bite us/eat us?
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take any animal of similar size and diet to the one in question and have it make human contact for the first time.
I assume that it's likely a dakotaraptor would be curious and at first keep it's distance for a few seconds. then comes the bloodshed
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I think a Dakotaraptor would inspect a human, circling him/her for a bit, sniffing it as the human avoids provoking it. Say the human pulls out a weapon and the raptor is all "0h U f0kin w0t m9?!11!" Then the raptor slams the defenseless human to the ground and penetrates its chest with his mighty claws. Dakotaraptor will eat well tonight.
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well, any sudden movement. though we are talking about an animal the size of a polar bear
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I'm pretty sure it would just straight up maul any creature it hadn't seen before. That is, one it could bring down
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How about the t-rex? I suppose a t-rex would try and eat a human?
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I think a mature T.rex wouldn't think of much people outside of them making for an interesting plaything (which could be dangerous, admittedly). What you'd really have to worry about are the Jane sized teenage T.rex that could run you down and kill you without even trying. Worse yet, humans would be a perfectly sized meal. An adult probably wouldn't want to waste the energy on such an insubstantial meal.
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I wouldn't recommend it...
WAAAAAAY too dangerous
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Well, it it were like Jurassic world tame, then probably. Maybe.
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well, consider it like a grizly. except larger and more active
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And those, have been tamed by some people.
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but they aren't always the most domestic of animals when tamed
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I shall do research then. I can't believe I'm doing this over an extinct creature that could probably never come back into existence. But, oh well.
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