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GRlZZLYB3AR [2017-09-12 10:07:56 +0000 UTC]
I'm confused aha, is it 40$ PayPal or 40 points or 40 tacos
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GRlZZLYB3AR In reply to Avian-king [2017-09-13 06:25:21 +0000 UTC]
totally worth it, gorgeous design
don't have the funds for it but i hope they sell ;o
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DigiAndRoko [2016-09-20 02:42:03 +0000 UTC]
aw if you ever get rid of the ghost rapter tell me pls
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raptorv [2016-08-02 05:51:12 +0000 UTC]
It's almost like a illustration of heaven and hell or death & transcendence. I don't know if this is meant but it's certainly looks like they should be.
Would you be interested in doing a cross section of raptor(dino)?
Dromaeosaurids The killing claws lack the strength and the sharpness to slice through flesh. May have actually used for to made their prey quite literally bleed to death.
Raptor intelligence could be termed by pray, environments, sociability and communication. Brain size May not necessarily play a factor. The nearest living relative is Harris hawk.
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Avian-king In reply to raptorv [2016-08-02 06:19:30 +0000 UTC]
well based on the fact that raptors went extinct the first bird came along the second up was archeaopteryx which was a descendant of the raptors. then leading to the neoaves. (modern birds however hawks and falcons are a fairly new species. falcons (based on new studies) are closely related to parrots.
but the oldest new birds were species like hesperornis, icthyornis, and some duck like birds. so its speculated that the closes things to dinosaurs are struthioforms, and waterfowl. especially since they still bear primitive penis's that aren't found in other modern birds
your point about the talons is correct to a point. its likely they used to claws as meat hooks to grip prey while eating it alive much as modern birds of prey. and the young of many raptor(dromeaosaurids) were likely scansorial and had a limited flight capability. before coming to the ground and being nearly entirely terrestrial as they mature. this is found in brushfowl and komodo dragons
and yes it was too be a devision between heaven and hell(life and death.
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raptorv In reply to Avian-king [2016-08-02 08:30:31 +0000 UTC]
Speak evolution not be connected however behaviour they might.
Intelligence is really a factor of requirement. The Cretaceous raptor since this diet is carnivore would lack the more advanced skills of omnivores. From the fact of how small dinosaur brains. There intelligent Would be similar to a Harris hawk.
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Avian-king In reply to raptorv [2016-08-02 14:56:37 +0000 UTC]
why would it's only comparison be the harris hawk, i would give comparison the birds of prey in general as some are even more behaviouraly comparable such as secretary birds, caracaras, forest dwelling eagles>the unrelated seriemas, and even a carnivorous parrot (greater vasa parrrot-wich has been compared to birds of prey and raptors)
www.beautyofbirds.com/greaterv…
And we can't dismiss the large corvids who learn tasks ang language ang can preform unlearned skills to catch or extract food.
im not trying to rule out the harris hawk but these birds do display behaviours that make the hunt fairly comparable to dromeaosaurs in addition to brain power
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raptorv In reply to Avian-king [2016-08-02 19:32:41 +0000 UTC]
Have you ever watched a program The truth about killer dinosaurs. I wouldn't even pretend to be an expert in birds and any one that does is just plain arrogant. I've based my studies on the observable behaviours and environment also a bit in media. I understand you have a great have a great deal of knowledge on bird and dino but there are somethings that you wouldn't know.
Most of what is believed about dinosaurs is based on them being similar to birds or reptiles.
That dinosaurs may have been that own species.
And what could be considered the most intelligent birds
Is basically down to individuals perceptions and ideology.
Please don't take offence to this I'm only using this as an example.
you could say you're more intelligent than I am because you know all this stuff and you can read and whiter without aid.
Really boils down to what we considered the constructs of intelligence do you consider preprogrammed instincts as intelligence, do we consider being too teach to be intelligence. Diet has the factual on this The more versatile diet The greater need for a more versatile skills such as problem-solving. could exist to various different degrees in different spaces.
Take (h1)Harris hawk and (r1)raptor
h1 & r1 Both good at cooperative hunting
h1 & r1 They are also good at problem solving
h1 & r1 However the social element maybe more secondary
h1 & r1 That intelligence is predominantly towards getting pray and Because of the size and abilities.
However if we take a A jackdaw The difference is quite large A lot more social, they have a much wider diet and and may be able to use the environment better.
one of the best examples is anthropomorphous of animals. (i'm not going down that road Because it would make me borderline hypocrites)
The world is never black and white or Grey it would take a greater philosophers I to truly answer this once.
(if you understood all of that frankly I would be practised i'm not sure I completely understand myself)
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Avian-king In reply to raptorv [2016-08-02 20:54:52 +0000 UTC]
okay i never was ruling out the Harris hawk (i said it at the bottom of the earlier comment.) and im aware of thier cooperative hunting. it was displayed in the documentary "wild states of america". i also never said they don't problem solve. but i think we can agree that they are beat by corvids.(an animal that uses it's environment in a similar way and then some.
i do believe that a Harris hawk is a fantastic analogy to a terrestrial raptor, i just feel that they would share the same quailities with crows and owls(some may have been nocturnal)
ie.
hunting capacity(cooperative hunting)-Harris hawk
learning of non-survival related tasks-corvids/psittacines
language-crows, parrots
but i have to say that behavior must differ between the dromeaasaur species
and i have seen this documentary. i can safely say ive seen most bird and dinosaur documentaries created within my lifetime.
in addition i respect your argument. (scientific arguments are the best arguments)
the thing about me is that as, i said when u asked me a while back i don't pick favorites when it comes to birds i judge them all of thier scientific/evolutionary merits.
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raptorv In reply to Avian-king [2016-08-02 21:38:13 +0000 UTC]
To be fair I was trying to make out that raptors aren't the same as Jurassic Park ones. I thought while I was at it I will make a decent point about intelligence. that most humans can't grasp the concept.
I point out particular species as a illustrates point if I says a magpie was possibly the most intelligent that would be biased off A experiment conducted on magpies.
Apparently I even had to have a good sense of smell.
youtu.be/HRVGA9zxXzk
We need to do is combine a magpie with a raptor and it was the first dinosaur ever be able to use the mirror.
Speaking of annulment what actually Cruise dinosaurs to become extinct.
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Avian-king In reply to raptorv [2016-08-02 22:25:15 +0000 UTC]
i loved the video.
and so far the concensus is a meteorite that hit earth and whatever wasn't killed immediately was faced with disease and starvation.
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SunnyLambs [2016-08-01 04:35:26 +0000 UTC]
whoa that ghost one is amazing you should definitely keep it
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Avian-king In reply to SunnyLambs [2016-08-01 04:40:33 +0000 UTC]
okay then it's decided he will be friends with Moa and Jocelyn
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