2007-05-02 03:20:04 · 9 answers · asked by jeanette s 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
the kind with scales and the really big claw unfortunately no but species of bird such as hawks and ospreys are called raptors
2007-05-02 03:26:57 · answer #1 · answered by jonny c 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
If you mean the Velociraptor, No they went out with all the other larger dinos.
If you mean raptor as in "Birds of Prey" then yes they are stll alive today.
Eagles are large birds with long, broad wings and massive legs. Booted eagles have feathered legs and build large stick nests.
Kites have long wings and weak legs. They spend much of their time soaring. They will take live prey but mostly feed on carrion.
birds of prey are also called raptors, so in that way yes.
but the dinos no.
hope ths helps
2007-05-02 03:34:30 · answer #2 · answered by Best S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"raptor" is a term normally applied only to large birds of prey, as explained above. It is sometimes used (mostly in movies like J.P.) as a shorthand for dromeosaurs such as Velociraptor. Obviously this can be confusing. Raptorial birds alive today, yes. Raptorial dinosaurs alive today, no.
2007-05-02 05:50:33 · answer #3 · answered by John R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hawks, eagles and owls are all considered raptors. They are clasified as carnivorous and have hooked beaks and strong feet and talons. They can range in size from a robin-sized kestrel to the giant Stellar's Sea Eagle which has a wingsan close to 8 feet.
velociraptors and their kind are (thankfully) extinct.
2007-05-02 05:52:47 · answer #4 · answered by taliswoman 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
they were just about the most dangerous animal that ever walked the planet ,after the Trex,
if there was one alive the whole world would have known by now
we got Komodo dragons ,they are quite mean .they eat a donky in half an hour
2007-05-02 21:40:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes........................most birds of prey are raptors.
they are the closest living relatives of the dinasours that went extinct 65 million years ago when the K/T comet hit the earth.
2007-05-02 03:40:24 · answer #6 · answered by engineeringguru 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes and it lives in your backyard. It probably did live in your backyard about 375 zillion years ago. Why, are you missing a cat??
2007-05-02 04:01:03 · answer #7 · answered by Blackhorse7274 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, a raptor is a dinosaur and ALL dinosaurs are extinct.
2007-05-02 03:27:41 · answer #8 · answered by hauteboy73 1 · 0⤊ 4⤋
the last raptor was caught and killed in the year 1923.
2007-05-02 03:33:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋