Velociraptors likely had venomous fangs

As if volociraptors weren’t already terrifying enough with those massive claws, a top speed of 40 mph and up to 80 menacing teeth, it seems some of those teeth injected prey with venom. (Wired)

How do we know? Researchers have found tooth and skull structures “analogous to the venomous morphology of lizards” in the sinomithosaurus group of dinosaurs (which includes velociraptors). And like modern lizards, the venom “probably wasn’t lethal, but instead shocked prey into immobility.”