TY - BOOK AU - Bakker,Robert T. TI - Raptor red SN - 0553101242 AV - PS 3552 B168r 1995 U1 - 813/.54 20 PY - 1995/// CY - New York PB - Bantam Books KW - Dinosaurs KW - Fiction KW - Dinosaurios KW - Ficción KW - Adventure fiction KW - gsafd N1 - Maps of the world of Raptor Red on endpapers; Also issued online N2 - A pair of fierce but beautiful eyes look out from the undergrowth of conifers. She is an intelligent killer. So begins one of the most extraordinary novels you will ever read. The time is 120 million years ago, the place is the plains of prehistoric Utah, and the eyes belong to an unforgettable heroine. Her name is Raptor Red, and she is a female Raptor dinosaur. The life of a lady dinosaur in the prehistoric swamps of Utah. When her mate is killed on a hunting xpedition she teams up with her sister, a mother of three, and the novels follows their struggle to eat and survive in a dangerous world. Eventually she finds another husband. By the author of The Dinosaur Heresies. Painting a rich and colorful picture of a lush prehistoric world, leading aleontologist Robert T. Bakker tells his story from within Raptor Red's extraordinary mind, dramatizing his revolutionary theories in this exciting tale. From a tragic loss to the fierce struggle for survival to a daring migration to the Pacific Ocean to escape a deadly new predator, Raptor Red combines fact an fiction to capture for the first time the thoughts, emotions, and behaviors of the most magnificent, enigmatic creatures ever to walk the face of the earth UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/random043/95017907.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random049/95017907.html ER -