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Post by Mr. White on Aug 4, 2020 5:20:22 GMT -5
Talira GreycrestIs my idea for this thread OK with you? Can we ask you dinosaur questions?
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Post by deathstar on Aug 4, 2020 6:36:27 GMT -5
Which Jurassic Park was LEAST accurate?
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Post by purplecoconut on Aug 4, 2020 7:22:27 GMT -5
Talira GreycrestIs my idea for this thread OK with you? Can we ask you dinosaur questions? If no, Christina will remove. Let's wait and see! |
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Post by Mr. White on Aug 4, 2020 7:33:17 GMT -5
Yeah. Just thought it would be fun and friendly.
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Post by Mr. Feeny on Aug 4, 2020 7:33:46 GMT -5
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 4, 2020 7:37:56 GMT -5
Which Jurassic Park was LEAST accurate? Yay! Dino questions! There are plenty of inaccuracies in the Jurassic Park franchise. For a start, most of the dinos we see didn't actually live during the Jurassic. In fact, the only ones that did are Brachiosaurus, Dilophosaurus, Compsognathus, Stegosaurus, Mamenchisaurus, Ceratosaurus, Allosaurus and Apatosaurus. All the rest lived during various stages of the Cretaceous. Another inaccuracy are the sizes and appearances of the Velociraptors and the Dilophosaurus. In the movies, Velociraptor is portrayed as being covered in scales and standing 6-foot-tall. In reality, Velociraptor had feathers and only stood 3-foot-tall, though there were Dromaeosaurs that did reach a height of six feet. The Dilophosaurus, on the other hand, was portrayed as being very small, spitting venom and having a pop-up frill around its neck. So far, palaeontologists are yet to find evidence that any dinosaurs used venom. Also, real Dilophosaurus were actually 20-feet-long and there's no evidence of it having a neck frill. The only things the movie got right about this dino were its diet (it was a carnivore) and the delicate V-shaped crest on its head. One more thing: the Gallimimus should have had feathers and the Compsognathus (the tiny green dinos) would not have hunted anything larger than themselves. |
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Post by Mr. Feeny on Aug 4, 2020 7:40:50 GMT -5
Which Jurassic Park was LEAST accurate? Yay! Dino questions! There are plenty of inaccuracies in the Jurassic Park franchise. For a start, most of the dinos we see didn't actually live during the Jurassic. In fact, the only ones that did are Brachiosaurus, Dilophosaurus, Compsognathus, Stegosaurus, Mamenchisaurus, Ceratosaurus, Allosaurus and Apatosaurus. All the rest lived during various stages of the Cretaceous. Another inaccuracy are the sizes and appearances of the Velociraptors and the Dilophosaurus. In the movies, Velociraptor is portrayed as being covered in scales and standing 6-foot-tall. In reality, Velociraptor had feathers and only stood 3-foot-tall, though there were Dromaeosaurs that did reach a height of six feet. The Dilophosaurus, on the other hand, was portrayed as being very small, spitting venom and having a pop-up frill around its neck. So far, palaeontologists are yet to find evidence that any dinosaurs used venom. Also, real Dilophosaurus were actually 20-feet-long and there's no evidence of it having a neck frill. The only things the movie got right about this dino were its diet (it was a carnivore) and the delicate V-shaped crest on its head. One more thing: the Gallimimus should have had feathers and the Compsognathus (the tiny green dinos) would not have hunted anything larger than themselves. Sounds like they should have done their research. But they probably picked dinos everyone heard of. |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 4, 2020 7:48:20 GMT -5
Diplodocus is one of the longest dinosaurs known from a complete skeleton. More than half of its total body length consisted of its tail, which measured around fourteen metres long. Imagine if we had 14-metre-long tails! There were 80 vertebrae in the tail and some people believe the tail could have been used as a whip for defense.
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Post by Mr. White on Aug 4, 2020 7:54:33 GMT -5
Diplodocus is one of the longest dinosaurs known from a complete skeleton. More than half of its total body length consisted of its tail, which measured around fourteen metres long. Imagine if we had 14-metre-long tails! There were 80 vertebrae in the tail and some people believe the tail could have been used as a whip for defense. Makes you wonder how they didn't fall over. |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 4, 2020 7:58:09 GMT -5
Sometimes I wonder how these massive dinos were able to lift their tails off the ground. You'd think that a 14-metre-long tail would be too heavy to hold up in the air.
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Post by prabhudesai on Aug 4, 2020 7:59:34 GMT -5
Did they care about their young or abandon them after birth?
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 4, 2020 8:09:40 GMT -5
Did they care about their young or abandon them after birth? There's evidence that some dinosaurs did care for their young. In the late 1970s, a huge Maiasaura nesting site was discovered in Montana. The area is now known as "Egg Mountain". The nests contained the remains of eggshells and babies too large to be hatchlings. It's believed the parents brought food back to the nests until the young were big enough to join the main herd. This was the first time evidence of parental care among dinosaurs had been found. The name Maiasaura means "Good mother lizard". |
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Post by ladybre on Aug 4, 2020 8:12:52 GMT -5
Did they care about their young or abandon them after birth? There's evidence that some dinosaurs did care for their young. In the late 1970s, a huge Maiasaura nesting site was discovered in Montana. The area is now known as "Egg Mountain". The nests contained the remains of eggshells and babies too large to be hatchlings. It's believed the parents brought food back to the nests until the young were big enough to join the main herd. This was the first time evidence of parental care among dinosaurs had been found. The name Maiasaura means "Good mother lizard". That might be a good name for one of your figurines. |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Aug 4, 2020 8:20:17 GMT -5
There's evidence that some dinosaurs did care for their young. In the late 1970s, a huge Maiasaura nesting site was discovered in Montana. The area is now known as "Egg Mountain". The nests contained the remains of eggshells and babies too large to be hatchlings. It's believed the parents brought food back to the nests until the young were big enough to join the main herd. This was the first time evidence of parental care among dinosaurs had been found. The name Maiasaura means "Good mother lizard". That might be a good name for one of your figurines. I think I've got a Maiasaura in my collection. Will have to have a look in my dino box. |
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Post by ladybre on Aug 4, 2020 9:57:29 GMT -5
How many TOTAL dinosaurs are there?
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