A velociraptor chasing a rat sized mammal.
In 1971, fossils of a velociraptor and a protoceratops were found locked in combat. Aside from that, there is no direct evidence as to what velociraptors ate. It is not unreasonable to assume, though, that this turkey-sized dinosaur snacked rat sized mammals of the day.
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