Talk:Velociraptor/@comment-30510983-20160914001957/@comment-25498628-20160921214412

The ones we found could have been seperated from others, since fossils that we found are probably from colapsing earth, or sandstorms being that velociraptor was a desert creature.  "As the animals were preserved in ancient sand dune deposits, it is now thought that the animals were buried in sand, either from a collapsing dune or in a sandstorm, " (unreliable source Wikipedia.) Though there is barely any evidence showing their behavior. So paleontologists base most behaviors of prehistoric animals on real animals. So pack hunting in dromeosaurs is merely speculatory, as dromeosaurids probably took on the medium to small predator roles. Many medium-sized predators hunt in groups, while smaller predators rely more on stealth. My speculation is that velociraptor probably were solitary. Heck we have a fossil of one velociraptor killing a protoceratops, which small predators like velociraptor would need to hunt animals it's size, and strength. Also small predators could have a scavenging behavior as well, and you wouldn't need to share much if you are scavenging. "late-stage carcass consumption by Velociraptor, as the predator would have eaten other parts of a freshly killed  Protoceratops before biting in the jaw area."