Velociraptors misrepresented

[Leviathan]

How come, the "velociraptor" in the game is more like the fantasy version from the Jurassic Park movies?
Even if they'd include the larger version, called the utahraptor (the velociraptor was turkey sized) , then it should be fully feathered?
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Dromaeosaurid_parade_by_durbed.jpg/1920px-Dromaeosaurid_parade_by_durbed.jpg

[Nyan Rose]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZgxXEjS0ck try this out. It covers raptors very well.

[Eugene's Trick Bag]

引用自 Leviathan：

Sorry that I asked. Obviously I'm a troll for asking questions.

I'm pretty sure that the guy was just asking questions when he said "Surely this is a troll thread.". I mean, a question mark wouldn't have hurt, but it's clearly a question nonetheless. Don't you think that maybe the thread title "Velociraptors misrepresented", is something of a bold statement rather than a question? Can you imagine that rather a lot of smartasses turn up and ask similar questions?

Isn't this "I am just asking questions and so am immune to criticism" business fun?

[irondune]

引用自 Diamond Geezer：

The raptors in the game are a made up subspecies of utahraptor so the devs can design them however they want

it's a different SPECIES not a different SUB species. -______________________-
Utahraptor=genus name
U.prime=arks species

[margalus]

引用自 irondune：

it's a different SPECIES not a different SUB species. -______________________-
Utahraptor=genus name
U.prime=arks species

It is a sub-species. Not a "real" sub-species, but still a sub-species. Here is a small part of what they say about it:

"Utahraptor Prime is an extremely aggressive sub-species of Utahraptor found on the island. It tends to travel in small hunting packs, attacking smaller prey with its sharp teeth or enlarged foreclaws."

[Nyan Rose]

引用自 margalus：

引用自 irondune：

it's a different SPECIES not a different SUB species. -______________________-
Utahraptor=genus name
U.prime=arks species

It is a sub-species. Not a "real" sub-species, but still a sub-species. Here is a small part of what they say about it:

"Utahraptor Prime is an extremely aggressive sub-species of Utahraptor found on the island. It tends to travel in small hunting packs, attacking smaller prey with its sharp teeth or enlarged foreclaws."

which is just their way of making it look how they want, and an excuse to have it be big since utah raptors are one of the largest. But it is indeed an 'Ark Sub-Species'

[jhulett]

because Velociraptor sounds so much cooler than Utahraptor any day of the week

[Leonhardt]

引用自 Leviathan：

Obviously I'm a troll for asking questions.

Despite what they teach you in school, there is such a thing as a stupid question.

[Hex: Oni's Plaything]

They are too tall to be considered Velociraptors anyways...Velociraptors are said to be about the size of a turkey or something.

[Sistermatic™]

Queries of dino accuracy while walking WITH them. Gotta love it.

[redniwediS]

引用自 Leviathan：

Well, the game may give the impression of animals, that there are animals in the game, which are based on the real counterparts. I would say the dodo duck, T-rex, Dilophosaur, Pteranodon, trilobite look quite realistic. There are others too, I'm just giving a short list off my head. But then there are, that are pure fantasy and I'm comfortable about fantasy animals too.
But there is just something about stuff like the velociraptor or the triceratops, which were also a controversy in the real world, regarding their appearance and what they really are. Those kinda bother me a bit.
It's like, putting in a dalmatian dog, and calling it on its proper scientific Latin name, just like in the books, but it's actually 100 feet long and and eats mesosaurus exclusively.

The Dilophosaur is nowhere near realistic. It's simply a copy of what the Jurassic Park movie had. Real Dilophosaurs were much larger, and have not been shown to have had a frill.

But so long as you leave this thread knowing that, ignoring the fact that these dinosaurs were given fake scientific names, the raptors in game are Utahraptors and not Velociraptors then you're good. Just read the full provided name of the dinosaur next time, instead of assuming.

[Leviathan]

引用自 redniwediS：

ignoring the fact that these dinosaurs were given fake scientific names Utahraptors and not Velociraptors then you're good. Just read the full provided name of the dinosaur next time, instead of assuming.

Utahraptor is not a fake scientific name. Maybe you should look up and read more, before trying to explain things.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utahraptor

"Utahraptor (meaning "Utah's plunderer"[1]) is a genus of theropod dinosaurs. It contains a single species, Utahraptor ostrommaysorum, which is the largest known member of the family Dromaeosauridae. Fossil specimens date to the upper Barremian stage of the early Cretaceous period (in rock strata dated to 126 ± 2.5 million years ago)."

[A҉g̷e͢nt̨ o͡f ̴Çh̨a҉nge]

引用自 Leviathan：

引用自 redniwediS：

ignoring the fact that these dinosaurs were given fake scientific names Utahraptors and not Velociraptors then you're good. Just read the full provided name of the dinosaur next time, instead of assuming.

Utahraptor is not a fake scientific name. Maybe you should look up and read more, before trying to explain things.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utahraptor

wow you really should work on reading the whole post before responding on a tangent. granted a comma or 'and' was missing but still. we are all fully aware that the Utahraptor was a real thing, but all of the "scientific names" are fictional because all of the creatures in ark are at best made up versions about as close to IRL as the average movie "based on a true story" is or a "ripped from the headlines" Law and order episode.

[TerroRichard]

引用自 Leviathan：

引用自 redniwediS：

ignoring the fact that these dinosaurs were given fake scientific names Utahraptors and not Velociraptors then you're good. Just read the full provided name of the dinosaur next time, instead of assuming.

Utahraptor is not a fake scientific name. Maybe you should look up and read more, before trying to explain things.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utahraptor

"Utahraptor (meaning "Utah's plunderer"[1]) is a genus of theropod dinosaurs. It contains a single species, Utahraptor ostrommaysorum, which is the largest known member of the family Dromaeosauridae. Fossil specimens date to the upper Barremian stage of the early Cretaceous period (in rock strata dated to 126 ± 2.5 million years ago)."

There is Utahraptor Prime in the game, which is different creature than Utahraptor ostrommaysorum, which gives the Devs freedom of changing it how they wish, as it simply is a made up animal.

[Kraken:1]

引用自 Leviathan：

Well, the game may give the impression of animals, that there are animals in the game, which are based on the real counterparts. I would say the dodo duck, T-rex, Dilophosaur, Pteranodon, trilobite look quite realistic.

Lol! You actually used the Dilophosaur as a definition of a dino that looks like it's real life counterpart! Bravo sir, bravo. With that, any pretence you had of schooling anyone in paleontology just went right out the window!

[redniwediS]

引用自 DMHS A҉g̷e͢nt̨ o͡f ̴Çh：

引用自 Leviathan：

Utahraptor is not a fake scientific name. Maybe you should look up and read more, before trying to explain things.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utahraptor

wow you really should work on reading the whole post before responding on a tangent. granted a comma or 'and' was missing but still. we are all fully aware that the Utahraptor was a real thing, but all of the "scientific names" are fictional because all of the creatures in ark are at best made up versions about as close to IRL as the average movie "based on a true story" is or a "ripped from the headlines" Law and order episode.

My actual post has a comma. For some reason he felt the need to edit the quote...

Just based on that I'm pretty sure this guy is a troll. If he wasn't he would have simply accepted the correction and moved on with his life.