Bird-like dinosaur had a deadly bite

Duh! Anyone who has seen Jurassic Park knows this. However, SparkPeople.com reports that scientists now believe the Sinornithosaurus, a bird-like dinosaur whose name means Chinese-bird-lizard, had a venomous bite. The Sinornithosaurus was a close relative of the Velociraptor, one of my favorite dinosaurs, and lived in forests.

Unlike the Velociraptor, the Sinornithosaurus was short--about the size of a turkey. So, instead of catching prey in its talons and flying them to a nest, it would bite. The Sinornithosaurus' bite would seep venom into its prey's blood and cause it to go into shock. The effects of the poison would not kill the Sinornithosaurus' meal immediately, but would die a slow death while it was eaten.