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Is there a bug in the website?

Why am I seeing a Jurassic World Velociraptor image? And when I click the image, why does it turns back to the accurate reconstruction? (BTW this happens when I'm using a computer not my phone, so I find this very weird.) Junsik1223 (talk) 09:43, 29 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

That is very strange. It's fine for me on desktop, and neither the article nor the image have changed recently. If you have a screenshot maybe you could try posting at WP:VPT? Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 11:32, 29 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see that on this page. Which image? For instance if I click on the first image, then click on "More details" it goes to a page which says at the top File:Velociraptor skeleton white background.jpg. Thanks. SchreiberBike | ⌨ 11:37, 29 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I also noticed the issue Junsik1223 mentioned. The problematic image is File:Velociraptor Restoration.png in the Paleobiology "Feathers" section. In the actual article, the image appears to be of a velociraptor from Jurassic World, but if I click on the image or go to "More details", it shows a picture of an orange velociraptor with feathers. -- KomradeKalashnikov (talk) 21:23, 12 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

File:Velociraptor_mongoliensis.jpg in the Paleoenvironment "Djadochta Formation" section also has the same issue. -- KomradeKalashnikov (talk) 22:15, 12 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Must be something with your cache, that revision of the image has long been deleted, as you can see if you click on the thumbnail and see the full image. Try purging the page. FunkMonk (talk) 23:11, 12 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I tried purging the page, but the issue is still there. I'm going to take it to WP:VPT. -- KomradeKalashnikov (talk) 23:32, 12 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, TheDJ did something with the files and it should be fixed now. -- KomradeKalashnikov (talk) 16:11, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Must be a cache issue, someone replaced a lot of dromaeosaur restorations with JW images, but I reverted and deleted them some time ago. FunkMonk (talk) 12:09, 29 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Based on this website (certified by NSF). Velociraptors lived between -89 Ma to -72 Ma.

https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=38564&is_real_user=1 84.14.94.232 (talk) 14:13, 9 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Am I mistaken, or does the intro to the article contradict itself on the size of the Velociraptor?

It at one point says Velociraptor could reach as tall as 6.8ft, but then goes on to say that they were not as big as the 6.6ft dinosaurs depicted in Jurassic Park. 2600:4040:9165:CA00:4968:B6CB:4178:1565 (talk) 04:09, 9 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It says Velociraptor could be 6.8 feet long, not 6.8 feet tall. Because Velociraptor's back was horizontal and it had a long tail, it was about six feet long but only about two feet tall. The Jurassic Park Velociraptors were six feet tall. Ornithopsis (talk) 16:46, 9 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It also says they are about the size of a turkey which does not seem to be correct. 69.181.154.23 (talk) 04:57, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Agree it is quite confusing. Turkeys are not 1.5–2.07 m long. Per turkey: An adult male normally weighs from 5 to 11 kg (11 to 24 lb) and measures 100–125 cm (39–49 in) in length. Vpab15 (talk) 18:17, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

If turkeys were the same overall size but had a long tail like Velociraptor they would be much more than 125 cm long. Domestic turkeys can reach nearly 40 kg, which is actually probably larger than a Velociraptor by mass. In other words, Velociraptor is slightly larger than a wild turkey and smaller but more elongate than a large domestic turkey—I think that it's fair to say it's "roughly the size of a turkey" given that. Ornithopsis (talk) 03:54, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

More importantly, though, the turkey part is unsourced, and only stated in the intro, which should not contain info not present in the article body. So we'll have to remove it regardless of how accurate it is if we can't find a reliable source for it. FunkMonk (talk) 06:18, 15 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Bizarre Wording

This concerns the following from the "Senses" section - "Examinations of the endocranium of Velociraptor indicate that it was able to detect and hear a wide range of sound frequencies (2,368–3,965 Hz) and could track prey with ease as a result."

2,368–3,965 Hz is not a wide range of sounds and seems like a translation error or something. This represents less than a single octave. I checked briefly and the cited source uses the same strange language, but regardless that is neither a wide or high frequency range for hearing. Human hearing, which is hardly exceptional, spans three decades from 20Hz to 20,000Hz. Much like light, sound is interpreted logarithmically by the brain. I haven't read the entire source article but it really seems like there is some miscommunication happening here. 2600:8801:870E:C100:9C24:1F3E:79C3:D938 (talk) 21:49, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]