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October is Raptor Month. Sure, it's almost over and it's actually more concerned with the avian raptors -- hawks, eagles and such. Nevertheless, we thought it would be worth considering a few things about the first kind of raptor. Thought to be no bigger than a turkey, the velociraptor is one of the only dinosaurs to have been found fossilized in mortal combat. So clearly, the raptor was a tough little dinosaur.

In the modern tradition of mashing up, hacking and otherwise technologically enhancing whatever we can get our hands on, could we possibly imagine ways to make the raptor more badass? Yes, we can. We present to you eight ways to make a raptor even more lethal.


Ways To Make Raptors More Deadly

    Some researchers -- well, Sam Neil's character in Jurassic Park -- speculate that the dinosaurs eventually evolved into birds. But what if the raptors took it a step further, and found themselves a fully-functional jetpack? They could deploy at speed and be chomping on your head before you could say "clever girl" and fall over in the jungle.

    Michael Rundle

    Although raptors are fast and clever, they're still made of vulnerable flesh and bone. But if one managed to get his claws on Ripley's power loader from Aliens, he would surely become unstoppable. Until the power ran out, of course, when he'd become a prepackaged dino-in-a-can.

    Michael Rundle

    Raptors are famed for their sharp and dangerous minds. But, give one a few hits of LSD and you've got a violent foe with a killer case of the munchies. And that's so, so much worse.

    Michael Rundle

    One raptor is bad. Five raptors are worse. But one raptor with five heads? That's a fresh kind of jurassic madness.

    Michael Rundle

    The movie monsters that usually attack major cities tend to be slow, stupid creatures without a definite plan. A giant velociraptor, however, will be far more focused on destruction -- and, therefore, far more deadly.

    Michael Rundle

    Even velociraptors can be made more dangerous with the addition of a selection of automatic rifles and a small cache of nuclear missles.

    Michael Rundle

    Raptors are notriously apathetic when it comes to politics. That's lucky, because it stops them beiing manipulated by the major political parties. But give them divisive opions and a lack of verbal clarity, and you've got a deadly, boring, angry and politically extreme dinosaur problem on your hands. Ouch.

    Michael Rundle

    Invisible raptors are harder to see, which makes them more deadly. What do you want, a diagram?

    Michael Rundle