Velociraptor Survival Day - August 11

On this date in 1923 Peter Kaisen discovered the first Velociraptor remains in the Outer Mongolian Gobi Desert. Since then, these dinosaurs have emerged as pop culture icons due to their appearance in books (like Jurassic Park) and movies (like Jurassic Park).

It should be noted that the actual Velociraptor was about the height of a wild turkey, though its length gave it a bit more weight than that. In contrast, the popular culture velociraptors are generally portrayed as a bit bigger than a human being. (This size isn't implausible; the popular culture Velociraptor is pretty close in size to a relative of theirs discovered more recently, the Utahraptor.)

What are your survival chances (unarmed) against a velociraptor? Probably not very good. Most of our homes aren't designed to be velociraptor-proof, for one thing. You probably wouldn't be safe at home.

From https://xkcd.com/87/

And of course, out in the open your chances are even bleaker.
From https://xkcd.com/135/






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