驰龍科的后肢第二趾有明顯的鐮刀狀趾爪,传统上认为是用于切开猎物身体與挖去內臟的武器[28]。在“搏斗中的恐龍”标本中,伶盗龍的鐮刀狀趾爪嵌入原角龍的喉嚨中,而原角龍的喙嘴則夾住了伶盜龍的右前肢。這顯示伶盜龍可能是用牠们的鐮刀狀趾爪刺穿獵物喉嚨的重要器官来杀死猎物,例如颈静脉、頸动脉,以及气管,而非割開獵物的腹部。伶盗龍爪的鐮刀狀趾爪內側圓滑,並不銳利,并不适合用于切开、刺穿獵物腹部的坚固皮肤和肌肉。然而,目前只有發現鐮刀狀趾爪的骨質部份,這些趾爪在生前應該覆蓋者角質鞘,所以還是有可能具有銳利的邊緣,但無法長期保存銳利狀態,原因是這些趾爪無法後縮以防止被磨損,也無法像貓一樣磨利趾爪[26]。在2005年,BBC的電視節目《恐龍凶面目》(The Truth About Killer Dinosaurs)測試伶盜龍的趾爪是否適合切開。該電視節目製作了一個伶盜龍後肢模型,並將一塊豬腹肉作為測試用的獵物。雖然鐮刀狀趾爪刺穿了測試用的豬腹肉,但無法劃開牠們,顯示伶盜龍的趾爪無法用來割下獵物的內臟。但由於其他科學家沒有參考或重複這個實驗,所以實驗的結果無法被確定。
伶盗龍出现在各式各样的电影和电视节目,例如「侏羅紀公園」系列電影及種種科普片当中。探索频道的纪录片《恐龍星球》(Dinosaur Planet)细致地记述了一只雌性伶盗龍的故事。在BBC的《与恐龍同行》(Walking with Dinosaurs)特别节目《鐮刀龍探秘》(The Giant Claw)中也有伶盗龍出场;而BBC的《恐龍兇面目》(The Truth About Killer Dinosaurs)中專門介绍了伶盗龍与原角龍的搏斗。
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