Velociraptor had feathers and was about the size of turkey, but didn’t fly. With long arms, clawed hands and a large sickle-shaped foot claw, it was a formidable hunter. It lived in what is now Mongolia and China. The model was made with horse chestnut bark, acorns, driftwood, lotus seed, devil’s thorn fruit, cactus spines and other plant material.

Taken at the US Botanic Garden’s annual holiday display, this year titled ‘Season’s Greenings: Dino-Mite!’. Model trains run on several tracks around the exhibit area.

Steropodon, posted earlier: