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Indo picking off wax sheaths from his freshly moulted quills, and Skye wondering how the heck is he doing that.

Those big and uneven piscivore teeth that he has look like they might be pretty useless at grooming, but at least for anything that ridiculously long claws don't get too much in the way at, opposable thumbs are quite handy.

There's a difference between opposable thumbs capable of securely grasping an object in one limb, and opposable thumbs capable of not only that, but also the pinching-motion "true" opposition required for more precision. Some non-human animals do have the former, including some maniraptoran dinosaurs (a few of the extinct ones with hands, and most birds with their feet), but the latter is generally thought to be unique to humans. I don't recall that there is actually any clear indication in canon that the Indoraptor prototype's thumbs necessarily work the same way as a human's do, though one of the creatures on the ingredient list for cloning an Indoraptor being human is an interesting idea to me. In any case, I drew him here capable of true opposition.

Though this one may be anatomically impossible for her, Skye probably picks up the occasional weird indoraptorhabit by watching and copying him, as babies tend to do with their parents. I doubt she can walk on all fours very well, and she doesn't need to, but maybe she stands like that sometimes (or with her hands close to the ground if not supporting her weight) just because dad does, too.

Drawn in FireAlpaca

Patreon/sketchblog - organized index of my JP/W fanart and other dinosaur art - blog for things such as raptor thoughts

Please don't repost my art without my permission.

Description
Indo picking off wax sheaths from his freshly moulted quills, and Skye wondering how the heck is he doing that.

Those big and uneven piscivore teeth that he has look like they might be pretty useless at grooming, but at least for anything that ridiculously long claws don't get too much in the way at, opposable thumbs are quite handy.

There's a difference between opposable thumbs capable of securely grasping an object in one limb, and opposable thumbs capable of not only that, but also the pinching-motion "true" opposition required for more precision. Some non-human animals do have the former, including some maniraptoran dinosaurs (a few of the extinct ones with hands, and most birds with their feet), but the latter is generally thought to be unique to humans. I don't recall that there is actually any clear indication in canon that the Indoraptor prototype's thumbs necessarily work the same way as a human's do, though one of the creatures on the ingredient list for cloning an Indoraptor being human is an interesting idea to me. In any case, I drew him here capable of true opposition.

Though this one may be anatomically impossible for her, Skye probably picks up the occasional weird indoraptorhabit by watching and copying him, as babies tend to do with their parents. I doubt she can walk on all fours very well, and she doesn't need to, but maybe she stands like that sometimes (or with her hands close to the ground if not supporting her weight) just because dad does, too.

Drawn in FireAlpaca

Patreon/sketchblog - organized index of my JP/W fanart and other dinosaur art - blog for things such as raptor thoughts

Please don't repost my art without my permission.