Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 6 days ago

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Repeatedly throughout most Paleo Media, we see depictions of dromaeosaurids (the raptor dinosaurs) hunting in packs to take down large prey, but did they really behave like this? #paleontology #dinosaur #velociraptor

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Sources
Deinonychus and Tenontosaurus Association: jstor.org/stable/4523664

Deinonychus Diet: sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S003101822030225X

China Footprints: blog.everythingdinosaur.com/blog/_archives/2007/10/30/3321196.html

Crocodilian Pack Hunting: https://www.sci.news/biology/science-crocodiles-alligators-hunt-groups-02203.html
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/raptorial-dinosaurs-hunt-08403.html

Everything Dinosaur: blog.everythingdinosaur.com/blog/_archives/2020/05/06/raptors-did-not-hunt-in-packs.html

Social Behaviors: researchgate.net/publication/277725952_Climbing_the_social_ladder_The_molecular_evolution_of_sociality

The Guardian Article: theguardian.com/science/blog/2011/mar/29/dinosaurs-behaviour-raptors-pack-hunters

Utahraptor Mega-Block: geology.utah.gov/popular/dinosaurs-fossils/megablock
naturalresources.utah.gov/dnr-newsfeed/utahraptor-megablock-continues-to-reveal-new-discoveries