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I'm surprised people don't use speculative evolution for horror more often, it's actually quite a neat way to ground your horror while still keeping it unpredictable. Like the theoretical concepts of dinosaurs using voice mimicry and camouflage is just the perfect ingredient for a scary scene.
I have an idea of a game that would be similar to Tomb Rayder and Red Dead 2, where humans go back to the past so we can start the world over in the right way, only that this return to the past messed up space-time, because in the past in addition to the meteor not having destroyed the earth, part of the dinosaurs became humans, in the best Turok and Planet of the Apes style with society, culture, language mastery of weapons, but with the characteristics that make them the predators they are, but of course humans, in addition to having technology and advances, the protagonist and one of the Dino Men of these peoples will become friends.
I feel what he meant is to say that the Utahraptor was the most dangerous predator in the sense of active threat. If the author was influenced by the "T-rex as scavenger" theory, he might've considered the Utahraptor a more dangerous predator than it, because the Utahraptor would actively hunt its prey unlike the T-rex. Still, that sounded like a pretty interesting book.
@@DinoDiego16 isn’t Picasso a poodle in this book? He is a bigger beast than the raptors for surviving this. PS we need a sequel to this book. The raptors are still in the badlands at the end of the book and can still get up to heaven knows what.
@@bman3794 nah cause you're thinking of like, mini poodles. Full sized poodles were hunting dogs before they became frou frou fashion dogs, they're all built different.
The Utaharaptors in this story makes the ones from the Jurassic park velociraptors from the novels look like babies by comparison. And that’s really saying something.
I had this book and Paul Zindel’s other stories as a kid, although I didn’t get to them until middle school. Unfortunately I lost them all along with everything else in my life to a house fire so this really brought back a lot of nostalgia for me 🙂
The weird traits of the Uraps can easily be explained as millions of years of evolving and adaptation. How else would a family pack of raptors be able to exist undiscovered unless there was some kind of make you forget venom.
I only really remember the house attack, and one vivid description of a raptor crushing an otter's skull "like a grape." I ate lots of grapes as a kid, and the image of am animals skull popping like one freaked me out.
I had forgotten I read this book ~20 years ago. I saw the cover in the thumbnail and I had a sudden rush of "I KNOW THIS" Its all coming flooding back, how cool.
One look at the cover and I immediately knew it was Paul Zindel's Raptor. I swear my obsession with gore and horror started as a kid reading these books during sustained silent reading time in class. I even read Rats, Doom Stone....all deliciously disgusting. Rats has rats chew through someone's eyes and crawl into their skull. Love it.
I REMEMBER THIS BOOK! When I was in 4th grade I remember seeing the book on the top of a book case in my library and immediately jumping to grab because the cover art was so cool!
Picked this up at a scholastic book faire in like 4th grade thinking it was just another (if spooky) dinosaur book... I was not disappointing, but I was vaguely traumatized. Great vid!!
Something I like about this is the speculative abilities of the raptors. I love the idea of the dinosaurs possessing traits and abilities we simply could not know about through fossils. It's something I'm annoyed Jurassic Park didnt continue to do so outside the novels and side media without genetic meddling.
Oh this brings back memories. I read Paul Zindel's books in elementary and middle school myself as well. I still remember how graphically violent and gorey they were. The first one was Loch which I read in 5th grade. Then followed the Doom Stone. Reef of Death, Raptor, and Night of the Bat. Sadly Zindel passed away in 2003 from lung cancer at age 66. One thing I distinctly remember about this book is that during the Mother's home invasion, she catches Zack and essentially French kisses him. It was weird.
@firemaker1258 the mother raptor corners Zack in her home invasion, pins him against a wall with her arms and sticks her tongue, which Zindel describes the horrible rotting meat like stench of btw, down Zack's throat as he's struggling in fear. I am not joking about it. Zack later does through to Uta, sardonically stating that one hasn't lived until getting sloppy kissed by a raptor. He did not enjoy the whole ordeal. I'm not joking. This happens in the book. It was super weird.
This book was a precursor to me actually reading the Jurassic Park novels. I've always loved dinosaurs, but this was my first taste of the dinosaur horror/thriller genre, and I've loved it ever since.
I remember reading all these books as a kid and I was just thinking I needed to track them down for nostalgia sake. I’m taking this video as a sign to do just that!
I read this in high school, it's quite good. Though one thing that always jumps on me in these old books and/or tv shows movies whatever, is why the hell do people think it's a good idea to take an egg from any nest? Especially a big one. Like, especially when the characters are scientists or something, like.... you should know that any animal, even a dinosaur is gonna be protective of it's young. You don't pick up a bear cub if you find one. So why would you pick up a giant dinosaur egg.
Loch OMFG we had that book when I was a kid. I was too young to read back then but I used to stare at that cover all the time, it was burned into my brain so much even though I hadn’t thought of it in years the second I saw it here every little detail on that cover came back to me instantly.
I remember really liking Paul Zindels other works, especially his pigman series (trust me, it's not a monster). He also wrote a loch Ness monster story called (You guessed it) Loch! Which is about a family of man-eating plesiosaurs in lake Champlain. You should definitely check it out!
This reminds me of Carnosaur, another dinosaur horror novel. Though Carnosaur got a movie adaptation and turned into a whole movie series. I'll check this out now.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom also adapted elements of Carnosaur (the novel) to the screen, ie featuring a raptor on the loose and killing people in a mansion.
If anything I think it'd be ever so slightly funny if the story took place anywhere OTHER than Utah. Having a Utahraptor running around in New Mexico would at least make some small exhale worthy jokes.
That cover is very effective in that it stuck on my mind for decades and made me click on this vid, it's very distinctive with those uncanny borderline body horror horn teeth things piercing through a dinosaur's face. Never actually picked up the book myself (I did read Loch though, and like this one it was surprisingly graphic for it's targeted age) but it's nice to hear about as a minor nostalgic trip.
Man I remember this book. I read it in a night during the summer. I found it super cool but not really that scary up until the raptor mom began trying to burst into the house.
OMG. I completely forgot about the *Zone Unknown* series! I remember checking out every single one in freshman high school and reading all six books in just 2 days! Best weekend of my life!!!
The Doom Stone book I remember reading all together in class during middle School, I'm suprised that didn't get turned into a horror film. Too bad I didn't know he did cryptids(With Loch) and dinosaurs. Though why isn't some producer out on TV, Streaming or Hollywood paying more attention to your videos. These could give some great ideas for more dinosaur fiction out there.
@@TylerRakstis yup, but that was over 15 years ago. Put it on hiatus after we almost got gunned down in a park for filming with toy guys without a filming permit for another film project XD but I strongly believe The Doom Stone would be an amazing Movie if done right in todays industry.
It seems like a decent read. I'm especially fond of the troglodyte dinosaur concept ; it has an interesting, yet untapped potential for a story about prehistoric animals
Dude I remember reading this book as a kid. I still vividly remember the part there I think it’s his uncle get last attacked and the raptor pushes it’s claw through the bottom of his jaw and he says he can feel how hot his own blood is in his mouth. Shit fucked me up in a good way😂. It’s so weird when you read a good book and all the memories you have of it are visuals even tho you only read words.
Seeing this picture awoke ancient memories of foolishly skimming the back of this book to use as a free book report before being forced to read the entire thing and realizing that this book was badass
i own this book!! read it a ton when i was in 8th grade and definitely did not think it was suited for anyone younger than that lol…on the back it says “ages 10 and up”
I've never heard of this book, maybe I should try reading it. It has cool stuff despite the stuff near the end making the Raptors seem more like monsters. I wonder what if it got a modern adaptation? It would be cool if the Utahraptor was updated with feathers and proper anatomy since the way it killed the Mule was similar to raptor prey restraint. For some reason I feel like the director of Prey would be a good pick for making a possible live action adaptation of this story.
There's a kind of bird called cave swiftlets that create nests out of hardened saliva. While they don't use this ability to store prey, it's still interesting that a real animal could at least come close...
I like how these utahraptors are basically pack hunting cave dwelling spider-dinos with amnesia venom. Its so out there, but also somehow not in a cheesy way. At least thats the impression i get from this video, as I have not read or heard of this book before.
i remember this! i think this was actually my introduction to utahraptor as a species--i may have heard of it a few times before this, but this was where i first saw it (so to speak) actually featured
I've been trying to remember what this book was called and the author's name for over 10 years and nobody knew what I was talking about! I KNEW this shit was real🤣🤣
Like, I distinctly remembered a scene where the Utahraptor takes its foreclaw and kills someone by driving it up through their bottom jaw and into their brain. Was so savage it stuck with me.
Bro, this rolled through my recommendeds and that thumbnail triggered a DEEPLY buried memory. I never read Raptor, but I did read Rats; plenty of nightmare fuel in that one, lol.
OH MY GOD, I READ THIS FOR A BOOK REPORT! It was perfect because we had to present it like it was a front-page newspaper article. Freaky dinos that cocooned people to store for food was perfect "front-page news".
I read a bunch of books by this author when I was a kid, I think they played a role in shaping the kind of horror media I seek out to this day. His book Loch was also great.
I read this in elementary school and lost this book's name to memory, but details, namely the end detail of eels in a guys skull, had stuck with me. Seeing the tusked raptor randomly in my recommended stuck me like lightning from 2004.
Holy hell memory unlocked. I completely forgot about this book but the thumbnail looked so familiar and holy crap I remember it now hahah amazing thanks for this dude
I remember finding Zindel’s Doom Stone on a library shelf, opening it to a random page, reading about someone getting graphically beheaded, and immediately putting the book back. Good times.
Dinosaurs honestly need more horror games, movies, and books They can be terrifying if done correctly but if done wrong they can end up like some certain movies that I will not names.
13:30 I think Dr. Bones meant it was the biggest predator at the time he's seen, bigger than let's say a tiger who's the largest land predator to this date
To be fair, this deserves a Live Action Movie adaptation, this would be a nice opportunity to include Feathered Raptors, and of course the could also adapt the speculation the book shows.
As always thanks for bringing more dino novels into lighr. Also I found hilarious how you joke with the idea of the dog.....nah just kiding! But its really curious how this raptors have some wierd charscteristics.
Every so often I think about this book and try to find it again and then after seeing the intro I suddenly remembered reading a couple other books. This was a throwback.
I own this book! Man despite being supposedly aimed at younger audiences it is quite graphic in its descriptions of violence and death. I got it years and years ago, I think about it once in a while.
I had forgotten about this book until I saw the thumbnail. All I remember is the incredibly vivid description of someone/something’s head being “popped like a grape” by the raptor. Messed me up as a kid
I actually had this book as a child even though I wasn't really interested in dinosaurs like you, but I remember just the cover alone giving me nightmares.
Dude I remember reading this in highschool!!! Legit probably one my fav books from the highschool library as it was one of the only books involving dinosaurs
I clicked on this thinking "that thumbnail reminds me of that Stone Henge horror book I read in 6th grade where a guy got his head ripped off" and now I am validated.
If the Utahraptors lived in that cave for millions of years it would give them enough time to evolve into something completely different by the time this story happens. You mentioned the Raptors are nocturnal and having sensitive eyes, but if they lived in complete darkness they'd have no eyes at all
I was just thinking about this the other day! I've searched and searched but could never remember the title only the cover! Even though this was a terrifying read when I was younger, I can't wait to buy it and see if it's just as scary as when I was little. You're an absolute g for unintentionally reminding me of one of my favorite books!
I loved this Author when I was in middle school. I use and edited picture of a Raptor cover art for my Steam Icon, so nice to see this pop up on my feed
I was freaked out cause this is the first video I’ve seen of yours, I love dinosaurs, and my name is Diego. So hearing my name at the intro describing something I’d do caught me off guard
I read one of his other books Reef of Death. I'll always remember it for it's ridiculous scientific inaccuracies. Normally I don't mind some inaccuracies here and there to serve the story. But the most ridiculous one was when one of the characters is thrown into a pool of dangerous sea creatures, gets stabbed by a pufferfish which poisons him, and another character uses an electric eel (which is a freshwater fish mind you) as a defibrillator to resuscitate him.
Speaking of stories about utahraptors, you should totally review Raptor Red, it was a good story that avoided anthropomorphizing the main character too much
Bones' should've just married a 19 year old and said the T.rex was a scavenger. Idk if that would've made him rich, but it definitely could've made him famous.
You should talk about some forgotten dinosaur anime. One that i recently stumbled across is called dinosaur adventure. The story is that some kids are teleported on a dino topia like planet and try to come back home
Stumbling across this video is kind of wild. I have had this book on my shelf for some 20 years after finding it in my Library's 'for sale' section. Some books come and go, but this one has somehow hung around all this time. Glad to find someone else who knows and has read it!
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@@aebhosor4835 couldnt agryee more
based Aebhosor moment
@@necro7381 Hehe, yeah- No thanks, I'm a rhythm guitarist and mouth organ
@@aebhosor4835 No, no. I insist....
I'm surprised people don't use speculative evolution for horror more often, it's actually quite a neat way to ground your horror while still keeping it unpredictable. Like the theoretical concepts of dinosaurs using voice mimicry and camouflage is just the perfect ingredient for a scary scene.
I have an idea of a game that would be similar to Tomb Rayder and Red Dead 2, where humans go back to the past so we can start the world over in the right way, only that this return to the past messed up space-time, because in the past in addition to the meteor not having destroyed the earth, part of the dinosaurs became humans, in the best Turok and Planet of the Apes style with society, culture, language mastery of weapons, but with the characteristics that make them the predators they are, but of course humans, in addition to having technology and advances, the protagonist and one of the Dino Men of these peoples will become friends.
Spec ev horror is my favorite genre
Best one I’ve read is “fragment” by Warren fehy. There is a sequel but not as good.
Like the lyre bird or parrots?
Subnautica
I feel what he meant is to say that the Utahraptor was the most dangerous predator in the sense of active threat. If the author was influenced by the "T-rex as scavenger" theory, he might've considered the Utahraptor a more dangerous predator than it, because the Utahraptor would actively hunt its prey unlike the T-rex. Still, that sounded like a pretty interesting book.
Jack horner has been devastating to the dinosaur community
@@mememachine6022 I agree. I'm team Dr. Bob Bakker!
@@Sith_Lord_Sweetheart Me too.
I believe most of us would prefer having to run from a big and rather slow T.rex than a swift Utahraptor so yeah
@@redskull378 same here. Horner's documentary is absolute ass.
If the raptors really were『Scary Monsters』then all those jokes about the dog dying wouldn't have been jokes any more
iS ThAt A jOJo ReFeReNcE!?
Think about it, his name is Diego and he likes dinosaurs
Been a jojo fan is a bless and a curse at the same time
yeah
Instantly recognized 👌
why aren't we talking about what a beast Picasso is for surviving this.
Picasso is just built different
@@DinoDiego16 isn’t Picasso a poodle in this book? He is a bigger beast than the raptors for surviving this.
PS we need a sequel to this book. The raptors are still in the badlands at the end of the book and can still get up to heaven knows what.
@@bman3794 nah cause you're thinking of like, mini poodles. Full sized poodles were hunting dogs before they became frou frou fashion dogs, they're all built different.
@@SissypheanCatboy I was talking about Picasso being a full sized poodle
@@bman3794 I feel like most dogs wouldn't do so well against the "dinosaurs" in the book
The Utaharaptors in this story makes the ones from the Jurassic park velociraptors from the novels look like babies by comparison. And that’s really saying something.
For real. I don't see the virgin velociraptors in JP vomiting fluids on their prey. They need to get good.
No.Not the ones from the novels.
They are equally horrifying.
I have read a book that might change your thoughts on that primitive war is the name of the book
The Utahraptors also raced across the United States in the Great Race of 1890. They could also stop time too.
I had this book and Paul Zindel’s other stories as a kid, although I didn’t get to them until middle school. Unfortunately I lost them all along with everything else in my life to a house fire so this really brought back a lot of nostalgia for me 🙂
I wish you the best of luck in retrieving your stuff.
@@chancegivens9390 it was 15 years ago and I’ve moved twice since, so, I’ve moved past it
@@theautisticbigfoot Oh I got ya. I still wish you luck.
Spirit brothers, we are. Except it was the Hurricane Katrina floods that got my place.
@@EksaStelmere my sincere condolences to you
This book needs a movie.
Or even better, a series of movies based of each of Paul Zindel’s novels.
a show that needs a tv-14 rating
If Raptor had a movie, it should be directed by Jordan Peele who did Nope, Get Out and Us.
@@thekraccisbacc or sam Raimi
@@thekraccisbacc there is a movie called Raptor, not sure if it's related to this book but it's about a Raptor Dinosaur
I always wanted to see Loch made into a movie
The weird traits of the Uraps can easily be explained as millions of years of evolving and adaptation. How else would a family pack of raptors be able to exist undiscovered unless there was some kind of make you forget venom.
I’m pretty sure the reason Bones called Utahraptor bigger than T-Rex is because he was drunk off his ass.
I only really remember the house attack, and one vivid description of a raptor crushing an otter's skull "like a grape."
I ate lots of grapes as a kid, and the image of am animals skull popping like one freaked me out.
Poor otter
WE.
NEED.
MORE.
*DINO.*
*HORROR.*
Play the isle if your pc can handle it, it's a fun game for dino nerds like us
@@Megatholis Will do!
Dio but he's a dinosaur...
Try the Dino Crisis video game
@@raptorskilltor4554 Those were great...
I had forgotten I read this book ~20 years ago. I saw the cover in the thumbnail and I had a sudden rush of "I KNOW THIS" Its all coming flooding back, how cool.
I genuinely think we need more dinosaur horror related media
(Edit: holy shit how does this have so many likes?)
My thoughts exactly
I’ve always wanted to see dinosaurs in horror game or movies but those almost always never see the light of day
I've been thinking about making a serious dinosaur horror game. I scrolled here randomly. Lol
But dinosaurs are just animals
So we need about modern animals too
I’m working on a horror dinosaur post apocalyptic animated series as we speak.
I remember this book years back! Seeing the cover now is so strange, yet a bit nostalgic!
One look at the cover and I immediately knew it was Paul Zindel's Raptor. I swear my obsession with gore and horror started as a kid reading these books during sustained silent reading time in class. I even read Rats, Doom Stone....all deliciously disgusting. Rats has rats chew through someone's eyes and crawl into their skull. Love it.
Hell yeah dude
I did and Art project in middle school where I recreated the other half of the creature's face from the cover of the Doom Stone XD
You might enjoy James Herbert's Rats series ... purely for old time's sake, ofc.
Interesting, there is a board game also called Raptor where a large mother raptor protects her babies from humans, but the similarities end there.
I REMEMBER THIS BOOK! When I was in 4th grade I remember seeing the book on the top of a book case in my library and immediately jumping to grab because the cover art was so cool!
Picked this up at a scholastic book faire in like 4th grade thinking it was just another (if spooky) dinosaur book... I was not disappointing, but I was vaguely traumatized. Great vid!!
Something I like about this is the speculative abilities of the raptors. I love the idea of the dinosaurs possessing traits and abilities we simply could not know about through fossils. It's something I'm annoyed Jurassic Park didnt continue to do so outside the novels and side media without genetic meddling.
Oh this brings back memories. I read Paul Zindel's books in elementary and middle school myself as well. I still remember how graphically violent and gorey they were. The first one was Loch which I read in 5th grade. Then followed the Doom Stone. Reef of Death, Raptor, and Night of the Bat. Sadly Zindel passed away in 2003 from lung cancer at age 66. One thing I distinctly remember about this book is that during the Mother's home invasion, she catches Zack and essentially French kisses him. It was weird.
>essentially French kisses him
What?
@firemaker1258 the mother raptor corners Zack in her home invasion, pins him against a wall with her arms and sticks her tongue, which Zindel describes the horrible rotting meat like stench of btw, down Zack's throat as he's struggling in fear. I am not joking about it. Zack later does through to Uta, sardonically stating that one hasn't lived until getting sloppy kissed by a raptor. He did not enjoy the whole ordeal. I'm not joking. This happens in the book. It was super weird.
@@jaredthehawk3870 but why she did that?😐
@@pyromaniac709 you know the book never actually explained why
@@jaredthehawk3870 the famous "author's barely disguised fetish" trope.
This book was a precursor to me actually reading the Jurassic Park novels. I've always loved dinosaurs, but this was my first taste of the dinosaur horror/thriller genre, and I've loved it ever since.
I remember reading all these books as a kid and I was just thinking I needed to track them down for nostalgia sake. I’m taking this video as a sign to do just that!
Can I just say I stopped breathing everytime you said something happened to Picasso? Sir you played me like a fiddle today
I read this in high school, it's quite good. Though one thing that always jumps on me in these old books and/or tv shows movies whatever, is why the hell do people think it's a good idea to take an egg from any nest? Especially a big one. Like, especially when the characters are scientists or something, like.... you should know that any animal, even a dinosaur is gonna be protective of it's young. You don't pick up a bear cub if you find one. So why would you pick up a giant dinosaur egg.
Because nobody wants to watch or read something where everyone does only smart things.
I mean yeah fair point, but it’s explained that he genuinely thinks it’s a prank.
Maybe since their parents never took care of them they think all creatures are the same lol
Animals that lay eggs never go after them so I assume its that idea
@@pyromaniac709 unless it's a crocodile, in which case you don't wanna mess with mama XD
Loch OMFG we had that book when I was a kid. I was too young to read back then but I used to stare at that cover all the time, it was burned into my brain so much even though I hadn’t thought of it in years the second I saw it here every little detail on that cover came back to me instantly.
I remember really liking Paul Zindels other works, especially his pigman series (trust me, it's not a monster). He also wrote a loch Ness monster story called (You guessed it) Loch! Which is about a family of man-eating plesiosaurs in lake Champlain. You should definitely check it out!
Loch Ness story set in lake Champlain…
I read loch! There was a few different themed books with similar titles wasnt there?
First book I read tbh because of the artwork. Stayed away from the doom stone because the cover freaked me out lol
I'm pretty sure I had Loch as well as this book 🤔 might still have them somewhere
Make me cry why don't ya? Pigman is heartbreaking
Wish this became an actual movie just to see the white sacks with bodies in them and the alpha utah raptor
This reminds me of Carnosaur, another dinosaur horror novel. Though Carnosaur got a movie adaptation and turned into a whole movie series. I'll check this out now.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom also adapted elements of Carnosaur (the novel) to the screen, ie featuring a raptor on the loose and killing people in a mansion.
Not really a series because everything that happens in the movies does not connect between moves
Another good dinosaur horror book for older kids is Loch which is also written by Paul Zindel, though technically it's not a dinosaur.
If anything I think it'd be ever so slightly funny if the story took place anywhere OTHER than Utah.
Having a Utahraptor running around in New Mexico would at least make some small exhale worthy jokes.
That cover is very effective in that it stuck on my mind for decades and made me click on this vid, it's very distinctive with those uncanny borderline body horror horn teeth things piercing through a dinosaur's face. Never actually picked up the book myself (I did read Loch though, and like this one it was surprisingly graphic for it's targeted age) but it's nice to hear about as a minor nostalgic trip.
Man I remember this book. I read it in a night during the summer. I found it super cool but not really that scary up until the raptor mom began trying to burst into the house.
Thank you so much! Before I finish your video, I have purchased it on audible and I'll be listening to it 😃 I'm starved for dinosaur horror stories
should read his other books too if you haven't, While not Dino related The Doom Stone and Loch were both good reads too
OMG. I completely forgot about the *Zone Unknown* series! I remember checking out every single one in freshman high school and reading all six books in just 2 days! Best weekend of my life!!!
The Doom Stone book I remember reading all together in class during middle School, I'm suprised that didn't get turned into a horror film. Too bad I didn't know he did cryptids(With Loch) and dinosaurs.
Though why isn't some producer out on TV, Streaming or Hollywood paying more attention to your videos. These could give some great ideas for more dinosaur fiction out there.
that sounds like the coolest classroom I can imagine! I'm lowkey jealous
I attempted to turn the book into a film project for a high school club but didn't get far in writing the script
@@Kakachi07 You for real with this?
@@TylerRakstis yup, but that was over 15 years ago. Put it on hiatus after we almost got gunned down in a park for filming with toy guys without a filming permit for another film project XD but I strongly believe The Doom Stone would be an amazing Movie if done right in todays industry.
Is it doom stone good?
As a member of the “people named Diego who like dinosaurs” club, i have nothing but respect to you
It seems like a decent read. I'm especially fond of the troglodyte dinosaur concept ; it has an interesting, yet untapped potential for a story about prehistoric animals
Dude I remember reading this book as a kid. I still vividly remember the part there I think it’s his uncle get last attacked and the raptor pushes it’s claw through the bottom of his jaw and he says he can feel how hot his own blood is in his mouth. Shit fucked me up in a good way😂. It’s so weird when you read a good book and all the memories you have of it are visuals even tho you only read words.
I READ AND REMEMBER THIS TOO. This book scared the crap out of me as a kid!
Seeing this picture awoke ancient memories of foolishly skimming the back of this book to use as a free book report before being forced to read the entire thing and realizing that this book was badass
i own this book!! read it a ton when i was in 8th grade and definitely did not think it was suited for anyone younger than that lol…on the back it says “ages 10 and up”
I remember grabbing this one off the school library. Paul Zindel is an Absolute G.
I remember this book (📕)! I still have a copy of it (😊). Part of me would like to see it adapted into a film (🎞).
I've never heard of this book, maybe I should try reading it. It has cool stuff despite the stuff near the end making the Raptors seem more like monsters. I wonder what if it got a modern adaptation? It would be cool if the Utahraptor was updated with feathers and proper anatomy since the way it killed the Mule was similar to raptor prey restraint.
For some reason I feel like the director of Prey would be a good pick for making a possible live action adaptation of this story.
The fact he even made it to the mouth of the cave is impressive considering I don't imagine you could easily outrun a Utahraptor.
We’re missing out on a lot of dinosaur horror fiction.
Looking at YOU, space where my Dino Crisis remake would be!
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🐍 no step on Snek! 🇺🇸🇭🇰
Nothing better than waking up and seeing a new Dino Diego video
Doom stone freaking slaps, loved that book, had no idea it was a part of a series, need to find a box set
There's a kind of bird called cave swiftlets that create nests out of hardened saliva.
While they don't use this ability to store prey, it's still interesting that a real animal could at least come close...
Man this brings back memories, Paul Zindel got me into reading with those horror books. Loch was my favorite.
I like how these utahraptors are basically pack hunting cave dwelling spider-dinos with amnesia venom. Its so out there, but also somehow not in a cheesy way. At least thats the impression i get from this video, as I have not read or heard of this book before.
i remember this! i think this was actually my introduction to utahraptor as a species--i may have heard of it a few times before this, but this was where i first saw it (so to speak) actually featured
HOLY SHIT! As soon as i saw that cover art i knew it was Raptor! Its been soo long since Ive heard of this book, glad to see Diego cover it!
I've been trying to remember what this book was called and the author's name for over 10 years and nobody knew what I was talking about! I KNEW this shit was real🤣🤣
Like, I distinctly remembered a scene where the Utahraptor takes its foreclaw and kills someone by driving it up through their bottom jaw and into their brain. Was so savage it stuck with me.
Bro, this rolled through my recommendeds and that thumbnail triggered a DEEPLY buried memory. I never read Raptor, but I did read Rats; plenty of nightmare fuel in that one, lol.
I remember reading this in 7th grade. I also remember reading a ton of Paul Zindell at the time.
Paul Zindel. I remember trying to read his books! Loch too!
I actually did buy this book thanks to you. I can't wait for it to arrive.
Thanks for the great video, Diego!
Great storytelling for that intro segment.
OH MY GOD, I READ THIS FOR A BOOK REPORT! It was perfect because we had to present it like it was a front-page newspaper article. Freaky dinos that cocooned people to store for food was perfect "front-page news".
Damn, that was a great opportunity to use this book for a project like that. Sounds hella fun.
I read a bunch of books by this author when I was a kid, I think they played a role in shaping the kind of horror media I seek out to this day. His book Loch was also great.
I read this in elementary school and lost this book's name to memory, but details, namely the end detail of eels in a guys skull, had stuck with me. Seeing the tusked raptor randomly in my recommended stuck me like lightning from 2004.
Paul Zindel’s Raptor and Loch were amazing. I’m surprised you covered a video of this. Thought they were long forgotten. They were amazing.
Honestly these Utahraptors in the story are awesome!!
Holy hell memory unlocked. I completely forgot about this book but the thumbnail looked so familiar and holy crap I remember it now hahah amazing thanks for this dude
How u forgot???
I remember finding Zindel’s Doom Stone on a library shelf, opening it to a random page, reading about someone getting graphically beheaded, and immediately putting the book back. Good times.
I read this book years ago lol this is a certified hood classic.
Dinosaurs honestly need more horror games, movies, and books They can be terrifying if done correctly but if done wrong they can end up like some certain movies that I will not names.
I read this, Loch, and Reef of Death! I feel the book fare screaming back at me
13:30 I think Dr. Bones meant it was the biggest predator at the time he's seen, bigger than let's say a tiger who's the largest land predator to this date
Oh my god. I found this exact book in my middle school, how the hell was this allowed I completely forgot this book existed til now 🤣🤣🤣
To be fair, this deserves a Live Action Movie adaptation, this would be a nice opportunity to include Feathered Raptors, and of course the could also adapt the speculation the book shows.
0:22 Dinosaur nerds were, are and will be the best nerds, I don't know what you're talking about.
Immediately remembered this book just from the thumbnail, oh man, I'm in for a ride.
As always thanks for bringing more dino novels into lighr.
Also I found hilarious how you joke with the idea of the dog.....nah just kiding!
But its really curious how this raptors have some wierd charscteristics.
Every so often I think about this book and try to find it again and then after seeing the intro I suddenly remembered reading a couple other books. This was a throwback.
I own this book! Man despite being supposedly aimed at younger audiences it is quite graphic in its descriptions of violence and death. I got it years and years ago, I think about it once in a while.
I had forgotten about this book until I saw the thumbnail. All I remember is the incredibly vivid description of someone/something’s head being “popped like a grape” by the raptor. Messed me up as a kid
I actually remember this book. Similarly I found it in my final year of middle school at the library. I remember it being pretty good
Imagine if something Jurassic Park had a moment like that.
I actually had this book as a child even though I wasn't really interested in dinosaurs like you, but I remember just the cover alone giving me nightmares.
I'm currently listening to a Jurassic Park audio book, and, I must say, it's vastly different from the film, can't wait to watch the vid
Dude I remember reading this in highschool!!! Legit probably one my fav books from the highschool library as it was one of the only books involving dinosaurs
This book was a banger. Read it in middle school.
I clicked on this thinking "that thumbnail reminds me of that Stone Henge horror book I read in 6th grade where a guy got his head ripped off" and now I am validated.
If the Utahraptors lived in that cave for millions of years it would give them enough time to evolve into something completely different by the time this story happens. You mentioned the Raptors are nocturnal and having sensitive eyes, but if they lived in complete darkness they'd have no eyes at all
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I was just thinking about this the other day! I've searched and searched but could never remember the title only the cover! Even though this was a terrifying read when I was younger, I can't wait to buy it and see if it's just as scary as when I was little. You're an absolute g for unintentionally reminding me of one of my favorite books!
I loved this Author when I was in middle school. I use and edited picture of a Raptor cover art for my Steam Icon, so nice to see this pop up on my feed
I was freaked out cause this is the first video I’ve seen of yours, I love dinosaurs, and my name is Diego. So hearing my name at the intro describing something I’d do caught me off guard
These character names are awesome! Now I have to read this book!
I almost completely forgot that this book existed, and thought I had imagined reading it in some sort of bizarre fever dream.
I remember reading this book in middle school.
Ah the memories. 👌
The way the raptors use a fluid to stick prey to the walls for later use, reminds me of the xenomorphs from Aliens.
YEEEEEEEES this author was one of my favorites back in the day! Their horror novel about Stonehenge was excellent as well
I read one of his other books Reef of Death. I'll always remember it for it's ridiculous scientific inaccuracies. Normally I don't mind some inaccuracies here and there to serve the story. But the most ridiculous one was when one of the characters is thrown into a pool of dangerous sea creatures, gets stabbed by a pufferfish which poisons him, and another character uses an electric eel (which is a freshwater fish mind you) as a defibrillator to resuscitate him.
Speaking of stories about utahraptors, you should totally review Raptor Red, it was a good story that avoided anthropomorphizing the main character too much
Mr. Bones: I wanna be rich and famous!
So you chose… Paleontology?
Bones' should've just married a 19 year old and said the T.rex was a scavenger. Idk if that would've made him rich, but it definitely could've made him famous.
You should talk about some forgotten dinosaur anime. One that i recently stumbled across is called dinosaur adventure. The story is that some kids are teleported on a dino topia like planet and try to come back home
A deep seeded memory uprooted itself when I saw this thumbnail
Stumbling across this video is kind of wild. I have had this book on my shelf for some 20 years after finding it in my Library's 'for sale' section. Some books come and go, but this one has somehow hung around all this time. Glad to find someone else who knows and has read it!