User blog:Goddess of Despair/Velociraptors vs Zombies



Velociraptors the terrifying swarming dinosaurs take on a Zombie horde of flesh eating corpses. Who is deadliest? To find out, our wikians are examining these warrior's most lethal weapons. No rules no saftey no mercy. It's a duel to the death to decide who is the deadliest warrior!

Backround
Origin-75 million years ago.

Activities-Hunting for food.

History-The Velociraptor was a mid-sized dromaeosaurid, with adults measuring up to 2.07 m (6.8 ft) long, 0.5 m (1.6 ft) high at the hip, and weighing up to 15 kg (33 lb). The skull, which grew up to 25 cm (9.8 in) long, was uniquely up-curved, concave on the upper surface and convex on the lower. The jaws were lined with 26–28 widely spaced teeth on each side, each more strongly serrated on the back edge than the front.

Velociraptor, like other dromaeosaurids, had a large manus ('hand') with three strongly curved claws, which were similar in construction and flexibility to the wing bones of modern birds. The second digit was the longest of the three digits present, while the first was shortest. The structure of the carpal (wrist) bones prevented pronation of the wrist and forced the 'hands' to be held with the palmar surface facing inwards (medially), not downwards The first digit of the foot, as in other theropods, was a small dewclaw. However, whereas most theropods had feet with three digits contacting the ground, dromaeosaurids like Velociraptor walked on only their third and fourth digits. The second digit, for which Velociraptor is most famous, was highly modified and held retracted off of the ground. It bore a relatively large, sickle-shaped claw, typical of dromaeosaurid and troodontid dinosaurs. This enlarged claw, which could be over 6.5 cm (2.6 in) long around its outer edge, was most likely a predatory device used to tear into prey, possibly delivering a fatal blow.

As in other dromaeosaurs, Velociraptor tails had long bony projections (prezygapophyses) on the upper surfaces of the vertebrae, as well as ossified tendons underneath. The prezygapophyses began on the tenth tail (caudal) vertebra and extended forward to brace four to ten additional vertebrae, depending on position in the tail. These were once thought to fully stiffen the tail, forcing the entire tail to act as a single rod-like unit. However, at least one specimen has preserved a series of intact tail vertebrae curved sideways into an S-shape, suggesting that there



was considerably more horizontal flexibility than once thought. Weapons The velociraptors have small jagged teeth and a long, curved 6 inch claw on both big toes. The tow claw is the

main weapon hunting.

Backround
Origin-From a rapidly spreading virus.

Activities-Searching for more people to infect.

History-Also known by titles such as The Walking Dead, Walkers, Infected and many more, are a race of human beings who, sometime after death, have risen up and roam the Earth. While they began as Haitian and African myths involving magic bringing back corpses of the recently deceased to use as slaves and hitmen, the Zombie myth has gone through numerous revisions and updates as it became more widespread.

The current accepted pop-culture version of the zombie was the one made famous by the George A. Romero 1968 film, Night fo the Living Dead. Slowly moving, but inevitable as the Death they bring with them, these zombies slowly make their way across the Earth in search of living victims to hunt down and devour, and to spread their disease to all they consume. Often, modern Zombies are portrayed as victims to some form of disease, a portrayl made popular by the 2002 film, 28 Days Later. These Zombies have access to some more primal traits that make them more dangerous, such as the ability to sprint when prey is near.

Weapons
The zombie has no limitations on its muscles so its jaw can bite at full force 3x that of a normal human's bite. This is the primary way for the zombie to spread its virus. The secondary weapon of a zombe is the hands which have been decayed to make them sharper and more lethal. The zombies' most powerful weapon however is the zombie virus, which will infect and slowly turn a human into a zombie. For this battle it is possible that the velociraptor can be infected.

Battle information
The battle will have 5 velociraptors take on 200 zombies. The battle will take place near the house in the movie Night of the Living Dead. Voting is in the form of points , 2 point for descriptive edges or 2 paragraphs. 1 point for 2 paragraphs or edges that are not that descriptive, and 0 for one word or sentence. Voting ends April 27th 2013.

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