Gigantism and acromegaly are two disorders with the same disease mechanism and somewhat similar presentations. Even though they have the same disease mechanism, the two have entirely different outcome simply due to the age of onset. Gigantism is the result if the disease mechanism starts in childhood.
Adult Velociraptors grew up to 6.8 feet (2 meters) long, 1.6 feet (0.5 meter) tall at the hip and weighed up to 33 pounds (15 kilograms).
The 2017 Raptor is leaner, meaner and more powerful than ever. It's approximately 500 pounds lighter than the previous generation, thanks to high-strength, military-grade, aluminum alloy plus a high-strength, boxed steel frame.