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A mad, fuzzy Velociraptor mongoliensis. A male dressed up for a mating dance, hence the large tufts around the face and long frizzy protofeathers on the back of the head, neck and well, back.Usual day wear tends to be similar, although without tufts or such a large crest.
Colouration is roughly modeled on the gorgeous New Zealand native the Paradise Shellduck female.
I'm sure there are things wrong with the anatomy, if so, please inform. I had a small skull ref and no internet. I'm trying to put out a picture a day even if its small.
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Thanks! It needs a revamp though
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I need to revisit this one I think. Thanks
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I have heard they are the size of a turkey. I know a thing or two bout dinosaurs lol
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Something like that. I have seen a skeleton and I would say it is very similar in size.
This picture is very old and rather incorrect.
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Wonderful work! I love the colouration and the expression too. Nice work on the jaw's texture .
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I wouldn't know about the anatomy but thanks about the colours!
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oh so fabulous!! great color and detail and expression. 
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I like it a lot more than other pictures I see of feathered Velociraptors. Everyone else gives them reallhy bright colors with no explanation at all! Mating season plumage is a good explanation, since the rest of the time, I would expect a predatory animal to have dull plumage. Great work!
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Thank you! Ordinarily they would have less feathers too, as long fuzzy ones would get dirty easily too, and I'd make them duller in colouration too.
I'm working on another velociraptor picture at the moment for my university magazine, I feel that the students need to be exposed to feathered raptors as well!
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Well thank you very much
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You've very welcome
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Now I have another question. I know a lot about Velociraptors, and that they where covered in bird-like feathers, but do you really think they where that "furry" as in your pic? Personally I wouldn't be suprised either way if they where, or if they weren't AS feathered.
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My idea about that was that it was breeding plumage, like herons and cranes do. I have been thinking of doing a less fuzzy wuzzy at some point.
I have to admit I may have gone over the top!
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Hm, that does make a lot of sense, that the feathers where a primary "tool" for attracting mates. I've read that before and I do find it very feasible.
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Well the scientists that found the quill knobs reckon they are secondarily flightless.
Of course in the usual course of things a Velociraptor would not need loads of fluffy feathers to insulate it's small body, especially if you lived in an arid place.
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Very true. The feathers probably are just hereditary due to being ancestors and/or relatives of birds, but in truth a Velociraptor could've been just as "naked" as you see them in movies, and still survive perfectly fine in the enviroments that you find them in.
Now that I think about it however, the feathers could've provided insulation if the enviroments they lived in where similar to the Mongolian Gobi Desert of our time, where most Velociraptor fossils have been found. During the nights and in winters, the Gobi can become suprisingly cold and harsh.
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Tat is one of things that is so great about dinosaurs. They are real but there is an element of the imagination about them.
Many birds are secondarily flightless, but they still keep their feathers. Take ostriches. They often live in very hot climates, like deserts and they still have quite a number of feathers, very large ones in fact. Parts of them are naked though, such as the neck and thighs. They stand in the wind with their wings raised to let the air run over their thighs to lose heat.
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Definitly.
Ah, okay. I guess in terms of feathers a Velociraptor could be like an ostrich.
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Love the blue, lumpy thing on his forehead.
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its kinda ment to be a fleshy crest type thing, but thanks very much!
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Nice job on the anatomy, and I like the color patterns also. I like the subtle expression you've given him also. Trying to be sexy for the ladies.
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Well even the sexy lady-man ladies are pretty darn hot and why thank you.
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Why thank you! And thanks for 
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You're very welcome.
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Why thank you! Colour went through a bit of evolution in this one.
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hehe how appropriate!
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To paraphrase from "Real Ultimate Power," I got so excited when I first saw this that I head-butted my dog and we both screamed!
I especially like the teal accents on the neck and wing feathers. Very duck-like.
How did you get that beautiful background?
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Well I was inspired by a duck. One that I see almost every day with her little husband.
As for the background I pinched it off the internet 
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That reminds me, I saw the cutest damn thing of my entire life last week...I was stopped at a busy four-way intersection, and this mated pair of mallard ducks was standing patiently on the sidewalk. They waited until the light turned, and then they just waddled across the street, right in the crosswalk! I tried to get pictures, but they didn't really turn out. : /
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Lol! Now some birds are pretty clever. I heard about a pair of oystercatchers in britian who catch a ferry every morning to go to an island to feed. Every morning they catch the first ferry out to the island, every evening they catch the last ferry back to the mainland.
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Thank ye vera much
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