The velociraptor has a sickle shaped sharp claw in the middle of each foot. I saw that this could have been used for the purpose of climbing trees.
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What the hell does this have to do with Fundyism?
Paleontologists have postulated upon the supposed climbing abilities of raptors for YEARS. It's got nothing the fuck to do with religion.
Who was the idiot who submitted THIS quote, seriously? They wouldn't know Fundyism if it came up and kicked them in the balls :|
On another note, YOU don't know Fundyism. You ever read the FAQ? It does NOT define a Fundie as a religious person. The only thing more irritating than coming to the comments area and seeing someone say "Not Fundie, no mention of religion" is the Fundie itself.
I just had to get that out. Carry on now.
if you're saying this isn't fundie because its not religious than i guess this person put it on here cuz its come from a christian forum...
but Lithp is right, fundie doesnt necessarily mean they're religious
It also had a mouthful of razors, long, muscular hind legs with a long balancing tail, big, forward-facing eyes with binocular vision, and a big, complex brain. Its shoulder-joints, wrists and hip-joints don't share the same flexible structure as brachiating animals today, instead being constructed along the lines of ground-living animals that run and jump and kill with their claws. If velociraptor climbed trees at all, it couldn't have been very good at it.
Every last animal with those particular clusters of adaptations that lives today is an agile, ground-running carnivore.
Why is look using the present tense? Are velociraptors still around?
Way cool, man! Not to mention how it would fuck with the religious fundies' so-called brains if it were true.
Thus; velociraptors liked to bungee jump, or commit suicide, or ate monkeys, or needed to hang Christmas decorations, or loved coconuts (Ate them or threw them at velocirabbits) or they coulda used them to open cans of beans
Every last animal with those particular clusters of adaptations that lives today is an agile, ground-running carnivore.
Nothing stops them from being able to hunt from tree (jump down on unsuspecting preys).
Of course, analysis of their skeletal structure might find that their body structure doesn't allow them to climb using the claws.
Predatory dinosaurs ate meat. We found fossils of dinosaurs killing other dinosaurs. We found fossils of dinosaurs with the bones of other dinosaurs in their stomachs.
Moses didn't ride any raptors. Just let it go, let it go.
You know, there is a biped that is approximately the size of a Velociraptor and also has a huge, 5-inch inner talon. It's called te Cassowary, and yeah, it can't climb.
I don't even know why it would matter if the Raptor COULD climb, that doesn't change it's diet.
"The velociraptor HAS"? It doesn't exist anymore, it's a case of "The velociraptor HAD".
You don't need a sharp claw to climb trees, a dull sickle shaped bone would do better, as it would not cut down smaller trees while you climb them.
A sharp sickle shaped claw would be perfect to gouge out your prey's stomach, or decapitate the prey. In short, sharp blades are good for killing.
@Canadiest
"Thus; velociraptors liked to bungee jump"
Just when you thought T-Rexs piloting F-15s, or 'raptors wielding AK-47s, or even becoming the Messiah wasn't awesome enough, you have to go and up the ante. Good show, sir!
And remember: Raptor Jesus truly Saves.
Or for being able to make short, sharp runs on the ground without the claw being an undue impedance. And what about matching claws on the arms (not to mention similar strength and joint movement) to make vertical climbing feasible?
I suppose it's possible that the OP is thinking of actual velociraptors rather than the infamous Jurassic Park stand-ins (deinonychus). The real ones were at least quite small and light, so would stand a much better chance of getting up a tree.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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