Raptors Dug For Prey

Galvasean

This kind of behaviour has been speculated a lot, but only now has some concrete evidence emerged.

Rare evidence has been found of dinosaurs preying on mammals. Fossilized mammal burrows that appear to have been clawed out by a predator suggests that some theropod dinosaurs dug into mammal dens to get furry morsels.

Since there were no large mammal predators 80 million years ago, the most likely candidates are dinosaurs. Making the connection even stronger is that claw marks in the burrows are a pretty good match to the claws of dinosaur fossils found in rocks nearby, though slightly later in time.

"It's pretty tight," said paleontologist Edward Simpson of Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. "We can't say whether it's a troodont or a velociraptor," because the claw bones of those found nearby have lost their nails, or cuticles. But otherwise the match is a good one, he said.

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Kess73

Makes perfect sense that a velociraptor may have dug out prey from time to time.

Rubecula

Local hardware shop still has an open account for a Velocoraptor who purchased three steam shovels for his family.:D:D

Yes it makes sense, many smaller creatures burrowed to escape predation so digging them out sounds about right.