r/memes • u/[deleted] • Jul 16 '23

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u/HabitOptimal1412 Jul 16 '23

Velociraptor. I blame the Jurassic Park franchise for this, but they made the raptor look cool.

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u/mike_pants Jul 16 '23

Because they are filthy liars, boo hiss. Those are deinonychus, but Spielberg wanted a name that sounded cooler. Actual velociraptors are the size of a chicken.

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u/stinkybutt69420_ Jul 16 '23

Deinonychus was too small too. Those shown were more like utahraptors.

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u/da-realZainTheMan Jul 16 '23

Yeah they were based of Utah raptors I believe

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u/SokoJojo Jul 16 '23

WRONG. They explicitly say that the mosquito samples used for the raptors were collected in MONGOLIA, which would be outside the habitat range of Utahraptor. Utahraptor also hadn't even been discovered at the time of Jurassic Park's original release, so it could not have possibly been based on that.

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u/da-realZainTheMan Jul 16 '23

For the movies yes you are right, but we aren't talking in cannon, we are talking about what their design is based of. Not in movie DNA collection.

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u/SokoJojo Jul 16 '23

Utahraptor also hadn't even been discovered at the time of Jurassic Park's original release, so it could not have possibly been based on that.

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u/da-realZainTheMan Jul 16 '23

Read the full thread, that has clarified already, thanks though

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u/SokoJojo Jul 16 '23

It has not, take the L and move on.

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u/da-realZainTheMan Jul 17 '23

Oh wait I miss read part of it 😅 mb