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MemberCompsognathusSep-26-2012 10:47 PMWhat problems would a proper Velociraptor area have, were their pen area shut down, and they were moved to an open range area like the rest of the JP dinosaurs?
-Including a water moat would be useless, as they would swim it.
-A custom huge large, wide empty moat leave problems (an escape ramp could be included on their side away from the fence, the way zoos can do today with empty moats), but then the fall might injure the V's. A deep, wide moat could be included; it could have a walk in, easy incline on the enclosure side, and a HUGE shear wall on the fence side, past their highest jumping distance, factoring the moat lead in and their maximum running jump height. Though how could their ultimate, practical still or running maximum jump height be entirely and conclusively determined for all animals? They can always choose to hold back for observers at any time.
-All this means that they can't even get adjacent to their electric fence. However, problems remain with their active intelligence and capability to manipulate circumstances and the environment. A long, large fallen log might be moved to reduce the reach height of a sheer empty moat "cliff" profile.
-If adjacency to the fence is achieved, a fence like the T. Rex fence (horizontal wires with a simple area weave between) could still be manipulated with basic tool usage like tree branches, dependent on the level of charge on the fence;
assuming that the V's don't successfully implement electrical insulation of any general form with their available resources in an open range enclosure. Besides which, what will happen if a V persistently throws its entire body and weight into the fence, refusing to recoil back? Perhaps the charged fence should simply be a second, ultimate line of defense.
-Their perimeter fence must be made of much stronger, harder wire and any cross weaving or fence grid arrangement must be much denser than the normal fence pattern.
-All of this doesn't consider what the V's may achieve through team work, when not fighting amongst themselves. Could a group of V's manually assist each other in a higher climb or jump, to surmount difficult obstacles or obstructions? This type of more concerted teamwork may not have even been observed.
What do JP and or Dino-boffins think?
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