raptor
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So far, the raptor center says it has ruled out lead poisoning and the presence of swallowed objects, among other things.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
County officials said they weren’t able to identify the raptor and that even confirming the sex of a bald eagle is no easy feat, given they have no external genitalia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Like other unenlagiids, Kank australis possessed the enlarged claw on its second toe that is often associated with raptor dinosaurs.
From Science Daily ● May 29, 2026
"It started from quite a challenging start point. There has been a lack of trust between the shooting community, for example, and conservationists and raptor workers."
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026
Standing behind us was a guy who looked like a raptor in a leisure suit.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
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They compared the fossil with skulls and brain cases from tyrannosaurs, spinosaurs, raptors and other two-legged meat-eating dinosaurs.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Since the bison arrived, Mr. Skoglund says, songbirds and raptors have multiplied.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
These slender, long-winged raptors make an epic annual migration to Africa in winter and return to Europe to nest over summer, often setting up home in agricultural fields.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
“Unfortunately, raptors get lead poisoning often, and that’s one of the problems we deal with,” she said, noting that their recent patient has yet to be diagnosed with this.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Bach year these people, like thousands of others, tallied raptors along the four migratory flyways in North America—the Atlantic, Mississippi, Central, and Pacific flyways.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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