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I love Velocirpaptor, he's one of my favorite dinosaurs. I have 2 questions. Could Veloiciraptor run very fast, and how smart was it compared to other animals of today?
from Adamspva (Nickname), age 14, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States Of America; July 21, 2001

TOM: Although Velociraptor was almost certainly NOT cheetah speed (as stated in the first movie), it was probably pretty fast (faster than a human, for example). We have no idea of how fast it would be in miles per hour, though.

Based on brain-to-body size (see Dr. Brett-Surman's discussion of "EQ" above), Velociraptor would have been among the smartest animals on Earth in the Late Cretaceous. However, that is only as smart as some of the less-intelligent mammals and birds of today: say about as smart as an opposum or an emu or an ostrich, rather than as smart as a racoon or a crow.


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