The fact that a chicken has more in common with a dinosaur than a crocodile has now become common knowledge among the population. However, it has only been fully confirmed in the last 30 years that many dinosaur species at that time increasingly had bird-like features and sometimes even wore feathered costumes.
Many older media and film depictions of prehistoric creatures showed us an earlier understanding of certain species such as the raptors and the Tyrannosaurus rex, which were then understood to have a scaly shell. This had a significant impact From today’s perspective, the wrong image of Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi classic Jurassic Parkwhich scientifically correct would have looked completely different. Now you can get involved in this thought experiment yourself.
Jurassic Park with feathered raptors: You’ve never seen the sci-fi adventure like this before
The social media account CoolioArt has taken a look at some iconic scenes from Jurassic Park and the scaled raptors in them a more scientifically accurate plumage missed. Take a look at the scene in which Tim (Joseph Mazzello) and Lex (Ariana Richards) are attacked in the kitchen for yourself:
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It’s a completely different film experience, isn’t it? It takes a similar amount of getting used to in the scene in which Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) and Dr. Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern) and the children are haunted by a raptor:
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Jurassic World was criticized in 2015 for misrepresentation
When the Jurassic Park franchise was rebooted with Jurassic World in 2015, it came under heavy criticism for continuing to use the misrepresentation established in the previous Jurassic Park films. Paleontologist Dr. Gareth Dyke told BBC at the time: “We know that all of these dinosaur groups had feathers of some sort.”
Dr. Jack Horner, who worked as a scientific advisor on Jurassic World, explained the decision not to include the new findings on grounds of continuity:
We depicted the dinosaurs as best we could at the time. We can’t just bring in feathered dinosaurs now. We have to stay consistent. Jurassic Park 1, 2, 3 and 4 are all part of the same story. So unfortunately we can’t just change the look.
Jurassic World 3: A New Age finally included the Pyroraptor seven years later the first feathered dinosaur the sci-fi series.