Velociraptor

 

Velociraptor was a dinosaur that lived in the Cretaceous Period of Mongolia, Asia. It was made popular because of the 1993 movie, "Jurassic Park". They also appear as minor antagonists in the 2000 Disney movie Dinosaur

Role in Dinosaur
As Aladar and the lemurs walk through the barren wasteland, they see a Velociraptor go by, Aladar and the lemurs became curious what it is and decide to check it out. When they found it, it snarled at them and others came, and they started chasing them. They soon ran away when the herd, led by Kron, came by. After Aladar walked the opposite direction of the herd, he and the lemurs looked at the herd. Yar was about to convince Aladar not to be in the herd when Zini, spots the Velociraptors and Aladar then decides to join the herd for protection against the raptors. Although very dangerous, the raptors are not seen as a major threat by the adult dinosaurs in the main herd, as Eema, tells Aladar that they are the only ones following them.

Later as the herd migrates to find some water, Aladar see's one dinosaur had died of exhaustion and some Velociraptors coming near by. With no choice on helping the dead dinosaur, Aladar decides to keep on going, as the raptors soon start to feast on it. A little later, when Eema collapsed, Aladar told her that she must get up without getting eaten, and that there out there, waiting. However, it the Velociraptors have already eaten their fill. Suddenly, two Carnotaurus come and scare them away. They are not seen for the rest of the movie.

Velociraptor appears on the ride at Disney's Animal Kingdom, DINOSAUR. One is seen right after the riders see the Parasaurolophus. It is identified as "Raptor".

Trivia
The raptors in Dinosaur were originally to have feathers, but they were removed as the team felt that audiences wouldn't take them as a serious threat that way and went with the popular scaley perception