User blog comment:Goddess of Despair/Velociraptors vs Zombies/@comment-5232784-20130423013916

Okay lets give this the heave-how

The real life Velociraptors (Not the movie version) vs the Zombies

1. Claws

Velociraptor wins the slashing contest: their talons are often overlooked due to their impressive toe claws, but dromeosaurs like good old Velociraptor are razor sharp. They make for good slashing weapons. A zombie's hands have 3 times the strength of a human being and can use exposed bone as clawing and piercing weaponry, yet they do not ever compare to the claws of Velociraptor.

Same goes for the feet: while zombies often have socks and shoes or boots or other footwear on, Velociraptor goes barefooted and sports several sharp claws, including the great toe claws, which were designed for use against the necks of their opponents. Zombie toes can have exposed bone, but they have never used them in a clawing or piercing way.

EDGE: Velocirpator

2. Teeth

The Jaws of Zombies are powerful, as strong as a Rottweiler's (at least as measured at the front of the jaw: a Rottweiler's bite at the back of the jaw is stronger than a Zombie's), but the teeth of a Zombie are not designed for savage flesh rending or bone crushing attacks. On the other hand, Veliociraptor's teeth are flesh shredders, designed for the attack. I can seen these little buggers chewing their way below the jaw, into the very brains of the ghouls

EDGE: Velociraptor

3. X Factors

Speed and intelligence goes to the Raptors. Yet Zombies take up endurance, feeding instinct, and teamwork, and they are also larger and stronger than the Velociraptors, and outnumber them. This is crucial to the final victory here

EDGE: Zombies

If this was the movie Raptors, they would have a better chance, but these are small as coyotes and not as intelligent. Smarter than a Zombie, of course, but so are the many humans who have become lunch to the walking dead. I see this ending up like a a confrontation between a Bear and coyotes over a kill: the coyotes flee, the bear takes the food. If the zombies persue, the Raptors will hide or climb trees, and if the latter, the zombies may wait out the raptor, encirlcing the tree and trying to grab hopelessly. The raptor may try to leap from tree to tree, on to safety, and could thus escape, but the ending is still the same: the Zombies win.

ZOMBIES MUNCH THE VELOCIRAPTORS