This particular skeleton was discovered in Mongolia in late 1940’s - early 1950’s. At the time USSR had organized a number of paleontological expeditions into the region - with great success. One of the most famous paleontologists of the expeditions was Ivan Antonovich Efremov (photo below), although he is better known as a science fiction writer, depicting a bright, socialist future of peaceful space exploration.
Imagine the music they made
You lost me there
(All I can think of is throat singing (because of where they were found) or a pun on “osborni”)
The best dinosaur is from Mongolia, Velociraptor!
agreeable grunt
That’s what I’m talking about!
‘‘A turkey, huh? OK, try to imagine yourself in the Cretaceous Period. You get your first look at this “six foot turkey” as you enter a clearing. He moves like a bird, lightly, bobbing his head. And you keep still because you think that maybe his visual acuity is based on movement like T-Rex - he’ll lose you if you don’t move. But no, not Velociraptor. You stare at him, and he just stares right back. And that’s when the attack comes. Not from the front, but from the side, from the other two raptors you didn’t even know were there. Because Velociraptor’s a pack hunter, you see, he uses coordinated attack patterns and he is out in force today. And he slashes at you with this… A six-inch retractable claw, like a razor, on the the middle toe. He doesn’t bother to bite your jugular like a lion, say… no no. He slashes at you here on chest, or here… Or maybe across the belly, spilling your intestines. The point is, you are alive when they start to eat you. So you know, try to show a little respect.’’
Great quote from my favourite movie, Triassic Zoo
There are some velociraptor fossils in the same museum, probably discovered during those same expeditions
There’s a theory (AFAIK accepted one) that the crests were sound amplification devices for their calls
Oh
𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕝, 𝕕𝕠𝕟’𝕥 𝕀 𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕤𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕪
No problem, friend