Raptors

A pack of **Raptors** appear as minor antagonists in the *Primal* episode, "Terror Under the Blood Moon".

## Appearance

A species of large featherless dromaeosaurs, the raptors are covered in red and blue markings; the tip of the tails, the back, and forelimbs are striped while the heads are fully colored. Their forelimbs are pronated and end in three sharp claws. The legs are muscular, and end in the iconic sickle-like claw found in the majority of raptor species. Their eyes have a reddish hue and contain small lizard-like pupils.

## Personality

The raptors share a complex pack-mentality in order to hunt for food in the unforgiving wastelands. Highly intelligent, raptors can use their numbers to their advantage to capture and eventually overwhelm prey larger than themselves. They are seen vocalizing to each other, possibly coordinating attacks. They are feverishly persistent once they spot prey; even when one raptor falls in battle, other raptors will double their assault. Despite this, they are able to sense and recognize danger, to which they will leave their would-be quarry alone to avoid the risk of facing a greater threat.

## Abilities

* **Coordination:** The greatest strength of raptors is in numbers. While a single raptor can easily be killed, a large raptor pack is like a wave that encircles their victims before overwhelming them with their sharp teeth and claws. In the tall grass, the raptors have formed a beat in which one group runs the prey towards the other group to surround and finish it off.
* **Teeth and Claws:** All raptors individually feature razor-sharp claws and sharp teeth that allow them to inflict violent wounds and tear open flesh. Raptors also have iconic sickle shaped claws on their toes that allow them to cling onto their prey.
* **Agility:** Raptors are much faster than Fang as they can attack and surround her and Spear even while they're running. When they pounce, the raptors can leap high to reach Spear on Fang's back or a Man Bat in flight.
* **Stealth:** Raptors know how to use tall grass to ambush their prey or to take shelter from the Man Bats in the sky. However, when a few Man Bats were trying to grab Spear and Fang, the raptors took advantage of the tall grass to kill and devour the Man Bats that are in their fields while hiding from the other Man Bats in the sky.

## History

The pack of raptors are first seen chasing after Spear and Fang. After losing several members to the duo's attacks, the pack eventually begins to overwhelm them. When Spear and Fang seek shelter in a field of tall grass, the pack follows them in. Over a dozen members manage to cut them off at the exit, surrounding them and ready to kill them. But in the distance, the raptors see the sun go down, causing them to abandon the hunt, knowing what is coming out at night.

After Spear and Fang kill the giant spider and escape from the lair of the Man Bats, Spear remembers the raptors hiding in the tall grass and they both run towards it. The Man Bats follow, but they are ambushed by the raptors. A brutal fight ensues with the raptors yanking the Man Bats to the ground, and the Man Bats fiercely defending themselves in turn. While Spear and Fang are watching, they too are attacked by the raptors again. However, the two are able to fight and kill them off before running away from the war zone. ("Terror Under the Blood Moon")

After the episode, the fate of the raptor pack and the result of their battle with the Man Bats is unknown. Losing several dozen members between Spear and Fang, and the Man Bats, the pack as a whole is possibly weakened.

## Trivia

* They are strongly based on the *Velociraptors* from the *Jurassic Park* franchise.
	+ Hiding in the large grass field is based on what the *Velociraptors* did in *The Lost World: Jurassic Park*.
* The raptors were planned to have feathers, but animation complications left them featherless.