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HI, All!
It's probably too
late to simply start calling JPs "raptors" *Deinonychus*. Perhaps the ICZN could
have a nomenclatural meeting, where it would be determined that since none of
the dinosaurs are genetically identical to fossil forms, they should have their
own names. Of course, names like *Ingenraptor hammondi* or *Pterodon paedovora*
would give future directors even more leeway in stretching the truth than
statements like: "Hammond created theme park monsters, nothing more, and nothing
less!"
If hired as a
consultant, I'd ask for (and perhaps _not_ get) more accurate dinosaurs, smarter
_people_, (could I ask for smarter _audiences_, too? Please?) social behaviors,
yes, but can the trap-setting - let the "raptors" squabble over their food like
every other pack-hunting carnivore. I did like the boosted color patterns, and
_loved_ the new eyes! Are the crested "raptors" the males? And why does our hero
dream one on the plane ride _to_ the island, when he's only seen non-crested
ones?
In regard to the
pterosaurs in the film, I'm kind of upset that Johnston decided to depart from
Chrichton's original scene in "Jurassic Park", where unmanageably _territorial_
*Cearadactylus* attacked Grant and the kids - pounding them and pooping on them,
rather than trying to carry them off. (was the mother ptero trying to teach her
fledglings to hunt for themselves? And did it seem that human flesh was an
all-too-regular part of their diet?) Have you ever _seen_ a *Cearadactylus*?
that's about the _last_ thing I'd want with me in a pteraviary! Large, (18'
wingspan, according to Wellnhofer's book) scary, and (are you _listening_ Mr.
Director?) extremely toothy!
Just a coupl'a
random thoughts...
B.
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