Meat-Eating Dinos Breathed Like Birds, Study Says

Meat-Eating Dinos Breathed Like Birds, Study Says (National Geographic: 29-Jul-05)
Predatory dinosaurs may have had the same type of super-efficient respiratory systems found in modern birds, according to a recent study. The high-powered oxygen pumps could have boosted dinosaur metabolisms, enabling meat-eaters, such as Velociraptor, T. rex, and others, to be active and effective hunters.