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Size of Life

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2530 points eatonphil | 2 comments | 10 Dec 25 16:02 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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Magi604 ◴[10 Dec 25 16:49 UTC] No.46220044[source]▶
The visual scale seems off, especially on the smaller end of things. Also, are Velociraptors really that small? Jurassic Park lied to me.
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1. psunavy03 ◴[10 Dec 25 17:40 UTC] No.46220772[source]▶
Spielberg took a Deinonychus and called it a Velociraptor because it sounded cooler.
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2. mkl ◴[10 Dec 25 22:11 UTC] No.46224623[source]▶
No, Michael Crichton did: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinonychus#Cultural_significa...