The Real Velociraptor: Small, Feathered, and Fast

Erase the tall, scaly movie hunter from your mind. Now picture an animal closer to the size of a large turkey. Give it a long stiff tail, a narrow tooth-filled snout, muscular legs, feathered arms, and one curved claw held above the ground on each foot. Inside this episode: - A Claw In The Gobi - The Size Reset - The Claw Was Not A Knife - Feathers Leave Bone Clues - A Dinosaur With Birdlike Features Sources include the references linked below. Sources and further reading: - [Natural History Museum, Vicious Velociraptor](https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/velociraptor-facts.html) This episode is a researched science explainer. Evidence and interpretations can change as new discoveries are made; material uncertainty is stated in context. Follow Dinosaurs Explained for another evidence-led journey into prehistoric life.