raptor
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When the center’s Kristine Koh arrived later to evaluate the raptor, she was awake and alert — but quiet.
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
I hang a black raptor silhouette in the middle square, but that does not deter him.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2025
He purchased his own membership to the raptor sanctuary that night, after a little convincing so Byrd would give him a credit card number.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
“Unfortunately, raptors get lead poisoning often, and that’s one of the problems we deal with,” she said, noting that their recent patient had not yet been diagnosed with this.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
From the air, a dozen species of raptors scanned the ground for the doomed and the vulnerable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
"This suggests Kank may have been an active fisher, contrasting with common portrayal of raptors as agile terrestrial predators, like Velociraptor from the Northern Hemisphere."
From Science Daily ● May 29, 2026
Bald Eagles, like many other raptors, must navigate a wide range of hazards in a human-dominated world.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 11, 2025
Both raptors shrieked and landed suddenly, their heads cowed; a low, rattling growl filled the air as they glanced back and forth.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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