Jurassic Park 3D
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JP was the first movie I saw twice in the theater. Definite classic. It's also kind of interesting how in the years since this has come out, we have learned so much more about dinosaurs. If we knew then what we knew now, T-Rex and the Raptors would have feathers ;P
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Therapod feathers were much different than modern feathers...they were more hair like, so to speak. It's a difficult thing to gauge the level of cover because of the insane level of preservation required to actually preserve those details, most of which is coming from China. T-Rex were primarily found in what is currently North America.
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No one knows how intelligent any dinosaur is, that's purely speculation. As far as size, yeah, they were only about 20-30 lbs. According to the Wiki link, they haven't even been found in Montana as depicted in the movie, but China/Mongolia. However they were supposedly modeled after another dinosaur:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinonychus
Regardless, this is what Deinonychus probably looked like:
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Actually, shortly after the movie came out, a newly discovered species that they called the Utahraptor was found. This dinosaur was actually around the dimensions of the raptors in the film.
As for intelligence, it's hard to gauge. All we can measure is brain size and brain to body ratios or try to guess behavior using fossil records. We can also compare them to living birds and other pack animals. Certain species of raven/crow have very high levels of intelligence in regards to tools (even beating apes).
As for intelligence, it's hard to gauge. All we can measure is brain size and brain to body ratios or try to guess behavior using fossil records. We can also compare them to living birds and other pack animals. Certain species of raven/crow have very high levels of intelligence in regards to tools (even beating apes).
They've found a fossil of a 30 foot long T-Rex relative that was covered in down-like feathers. Not quite as big as T-Rex obviously, but still a lot larger than anything around on land today. And, didn't bother to look for it, but I'm pretty sure actual T-Rexes have quill knobs on parts of their bodies too.
Giant Feathered Tyrannosaur Found in China
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Yes and to date that is the largest and only known one with protofeathers. However it is widely believed hat when tyrannosaurids evolved into the large T-rex's we all associate the name with today that they lost those feathers due to again, feathers becoming a disadvantage to the species instead of an advantage.
It's pretty commonly believed that the feathers were proportionate to the body size.
And yes they messed up Raptors in the movies in terms of size (max size reaching near 75lbs). Their brains in proportion to their bodies were larger than most other dinosaurs but not large enough that it's thought they possessed intelligence greater then a dolphin but were indeed probably smarter then other dinosaurs of their time.
It's pretty commonly believed that the feathers were proportionate to the body size.
And yes they messed up Raptors in the movies in terms of size (max size reaching near 75lbs). Their brains in proportion to their bodies were larger than most other dinosaurs but not large enough that it's thought they possessed intelligence greater then a dolphin but were indeed probably smarter then other dinosaurs of their time.
I always assumed the velociraptors were actually deinonychus (my favorite dinosaur as a kid), but they just used the name velociraptor, which was basically the smaller version of that type of dinosaur, because it sounded cooler.
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Here is a size comparison for deinonychus and Utah raptor. As you can see, the Utahs are closer in size to a human.
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