It’s named that way because of the raptor intelligence. “Can this raptor open doors?” “You bet jurassican”
Daaad!
Welcome to Cretaceous Park!
Billy and the Cloneasaurus
Don’t be pedantic. They picked the name because it sounded cool and got the point across.
It’s a pun on “electric park”, which is what amusement parks were called when electricity was still a new thing.
that is a perfect TIL.
thanks
Cropped off the final text because fuck everyone that’s why
iirc John Hammond covers this in the book. I was so young, but something is triggering it for me. Could just be the subconscious trying to protect grade 4 nostalgia, though.
Hell, I could’ve picked that up off playing Jurassic World Evolutions in the last six months and it’s backpedal lore.
Whatever it is, Michael Crichton was no idiot.
Yeah he talks pretty openly about it being a marketing term, and the scientists later criticise the accuracy too.
What if Neil deGrasse Tyson was a paleontologist
Your personal paleontologist.
