Jurassic Park1993

[Discussing Velociraptors]

Alan Grant:
What kind of metabolism do they have? What's their growth rate?

Robert Muldoon:
They're lethal at eight months. And I do mean lethal. I've hunted most things that can hunt you, but the way these things move...

Alan Grant:
Fast for a biped?

Robert Muldoon:
Cheetah speed. Fifty, sixty miles an hour if they ever got into the open. And they're astonishing jumpers.

John Hammond:
Yes, yes, yes, that's why we're taking extreme precautions.

Alan Grant:
Do they show intelligence? Because their brain cavities—

Robert Muldoon:
They show extreme intelligence. Even problem-solving intelligence. Especially the big one. We bred eight originally, but when she came in, she took over the pride and killed all but two of the others. That one…when she looks at you, you can see she's working things out. It's why we have to feed them like this; she had them all attacking the fences when the feeders came.

Ellie Sattler:
The fences are electrified, right?

Robert Muldoon:
That's right, but they never attacked the same place twice. They were testing the fences for weaknesses, systematically. They remember.