Towards the end of the book Lex and Tim find a baby raptor in a dinosaur nursery where new-borns are reared. The baby is playful, almost happy to see the humans--a far cry from the adult raptors, who are depicted as animalistic, borderline-psychopathic killers. Not long after finding the infant, adult raptors arrive--and as a distraction Tim throws the baby their way before he's spotted. As Tim (who is older in the novel) leads Lex to an escape he looks back to see the baby raptor in the jaws of its elder, before another raptor tears at its limbs. All three raptors proceed to fight over the baby's remains. Nom.