Dinosaur 5 of 10 in Dinosaurs Are Back
Say it: vel-OSS-ee-rap-tor. The name means “quick plunderer”.
In the book
In Dinosaurs Are Back, the Velociraptor climbs off the page and into your room.
Scan its page with a phone or tablet, no app needed.
From the last page of the book
Velociraptors were small, like a big turkey, but very fast! They could run up to 65 kilometers per hour, faster than most humans. That's about 40 miles!
Katia wrote ten “did you know” facts for the end of Dinosaurs Are Back, one for each dinosaur Spike meets. This is the Velociraptor one, and the film next to it reads it aloud.
A paper cut-out film of the book's pictures. Sound on.
Source: Natural History Museum, London, Dino Directory, unless another source is named.
It had feathers! In 2007 scientists found little bumps on a Velociraptor arm bone where feathers were attached.
Source: Natural History Museum, London
One famous fossil, the "Fighting Dinosaurs", shows a Velociraptor and a Protoceratops locked together, probably buried by a sandstorm.
Source: Natural History Museum, London
The raptors in the movies are about twice the size of real ones.
Source: Natural History Museum, London
In the story
She's small, quick and always on the lookout for news and clues, like a detective.
She doesn't share her secrets easily... but she was hungry, and I had brought chickens. The chicken trick worked just fine!
Spike, the young Triceratops who tells the story
Spike's baby brother, still an egg, has gone missing, and Spike sets off to find him. About the book
Questions kids ask
Riddle · who am I?
I'm the size of a turkey, with feathers, it's true,but I run much faster than most humans do!
A big curved claw on each of my feet.I'm clever and quick when I'm looking for meat.
Velociraptor!
The clue explained: From Dinosaurs Are Back: small like a big turkey, but it could run up to 65 km (40 miles) per hour. (Dinosaurs Are Back)
Every dinosaur page has a riddle. Try the flying one, or all the dinosaur riddles.
The book · ages 6 to 10
Spike's whole adventure, with the Velociraptor and nine more dinosaurs that step off the page and into your room with a phone or tablet.