Thread by @TetZoo

In June 2018, I tweeted a list of #JurassicParkTrivia (timed to celebrate the 25th birthday of #JurassicPark). Today I need that stuff archived, and because I'm an idiot I didn't thread the tweets. Soooo -- I'm going to tweet them all AGAIN, and this time THREAD THEM...

When checking out the sick Triceratops, Sattler puts her hand inside its mouth to touch its tongue. I know it’s not a real dinosaur. But this never seemed like a smart thing to do… #JurassicParkTrivia

I never quite understood the giant dung pile in the Triceratops enclosure. Does this mean that the #dinosaurs poop neatly in the same place? (that’s ok, some animals do). Or has it been shovelled together by the staff? Something to think about. #JurassicParkTrivia

I understand that ‘raptor’ is a fine abbreviation in a world with live ‘Velociraptors’. But the name is super-awkward _if_ you talk about living and extinct animals on a regular basis. We already have animals called raptors, and we use this word all the time. #JurassicParkTrivia

Original plans were to have Lex ride on a baby Triceratops after the T. rex attack. They even made a full-size robot for the scene. But plans changed and it was axed. #JurassicParkTrivia

Ever wondered what Joseph Mazzello - the actor who plays Timmy – looks like as an adult? If you’ve seen The Social Network, he plays Dustin Moskovitz. #JurassicParkTrivia #JurassicPark

When the T. rex roars at Grant, we get a great view inside of her mouth. The anatomy appears to match the details illustrated by Greg Paul – there’s what looks like a tracheal aperture at the base of the tongue, and possibly a choana. #JurassicParkTrivia #JurassicPark #dinosaurs

Tim identifies Gallimimus at distance. This makes him the world’s greatest dinosaur expert, better than @TomHoltzPaleo. Living animals have all that soft stuff. We never know what their ‘field signs’ would be. He should have said ‘Ornithomimidae indet’, duh! #JurassicParkTrivia

The #JurassicPark Parasaurolophus are way too skinny and gracile. Crash McCreery deliberately made them svelte and deer-like. Ok, it’s a movie; they’re not real. But they should be chunkier, more muscular. #JurassicParkTrivia #dinosaurs

The #JurassicPark T. rex has tall triangular horns over its eyes. Based on the anatomy of the skull, T. rex almost certainly didn’t look like this - instead it more likely had gnarly, pre- and postorbital lumps. #JurassicParkTrivia #dinosaurs

The #JurassicPark T. rex looks monotone grey during much of the film. But the daytime and lit shots show that she’s actually brown with dark transverse stripes. Tons of detail on that design, it's fantastic. #JurassicParkTrivia #dinosaurs

We see a fair bit of the T. rex’s belly in the road and Gennaro scenes. She should have a deep, downward-projecting mass (made by the pubic bones) between her legs. I think they made a decision to remove it. #JurassicParkTrivia #JurassicPark #dinosaurs Skeletal pics by Greg Paul!

Listen carefully to the T. rex’s roar just after she heaves the jeep over the wall (yeah, not going there today...). She quietly inhales before roaring. Ha – they don’t do shit like that in Jurassic World, amirite? #JurassicParkTrivia #JurassicPark

The concrete columns seen in various parts of the main building show replica skeletons of assorted animals that don’t feature in the movie, like Pteranodon. #JurassicParkTrivia

Dennis Nedry does get spat at. But look carefully and notice that he brings in a whole handful of gloop and slaps it on himself. Oh, Hollywood! #JurassicParkTrivia

The giant mural on the wall of the restaurant features art by Doug Henderson, one of the world’s most respected palaeoartists. It’s a woodland scene depicting Deinonychus and Parasaurolophus (which totally weren’t contemporaneous). #JurassicParkTrivia

One of the raptors mists the glass by exhaling, leading some to complain that this wouldn’t be possible. It would be possible whatever the metabolic status. Even a ‘cold-blooded’ animal can be very warm internally. And the JP dinosaurs are warm-blooded anyway. #JurassicParkTrivia

If the T. rex makes a seismic boom every time it takes a step, how did it sneak into the rotunda without making a sound? Yeah yeah, maybe she only stomps noisily when she wants to. #JurassicParkTrivia #JurassicPark

There’s some talk in the movie about how door locks should have been installed on the jeeps such that people can’t leave the vehicles. So, people aren’t supposed to leave the vehicles. So… why the outside toilet with visitor leaflets? HUH? #JurassicParkTrivia

The brachiosaurs in #JurassicPark are long-distance vocalisers that make humpback-inspired noises, ‘singing’ to each other as a form of communication. #JurassicParkTrivia

Ok, there were tons more tweets (I'm repeating tweets from June 2018), but I can't find them anymore. Whatevs, I hope you enjoyed seeing some of these again. There are so many things to look for in that movie, it's a historic film (unlike its successors...). #dinosaurs #movies

If you're interested, I wrote a series of articles about the film at #TetZoo ver 3 (the SciAm years)... blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoolo… I used lots of photos of toys to circumvent SciAm's copyright issues :) #JurassicParkTrivia

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The brachiosaur’s bipedal rearing is a bit weird given that there are seemingly good leaves within easy reach. And brachiosaurs don’t look well suited for rearing (though biomechanics indicates that they could still do it). Whatevs, that scene is SOO GOOD. #JurassicParkTrivia

If you’re American, you’ll know that those animals flying away into the sunset at the end are Brown pelicans. Here in the UK, at least some people didn’t get this and assumed that the creatures were meant to be pterosaurs. Facepalm. #JurassicParkTrivia

Oh, and I guess they used Brown pelicans because they're familiar and accessible in that part of the world (Caribbean, gulf coast of US etc). #JurassicParkTrivia

As Muldoon is killed, another raptor is watching. We see the nictitating membrane flicker across its eye (the ‘third eyelid’ common to many animals: it's a small,non-functional relict in humans). That’s a really nice little detail. #JurassicParkTrivia

In the ‘clever girl’ scene with Muldoon, we hear a Bearded bellbird noisily calling in the background (a loud, metallic twang). Technically, it wouldn’t be living on Isla Nubar. #JurassicParkTrivia

During the T. rex attack, the dinosaur misjudges its strikes towards Malcolm, biting too low. As it raises its head, Malcolm is propelled upwards on the top of the dinosaur’s snout. So, he got to ride on a dinosaur’s nose. Briefly. #JurassicParkTrivia

For those people who didn’t believe me that Malcolm dies in the book, here’s the relevant page (p. 397). Malcolm sustains injuries in a T. rex attack, slips into a coma, and the idea that he’s dying is mentioned several times earlier in the book. #JurassicParkTrivia

The #JurassicPark toys came with a small info card, featuring cover art by Brian Franczak. Brian’s art featured in several dinosaur books of the 1990s and he did a lot of promo stuff for JP. Unfortunately, he later left the field and is now off the grid. #JurassicParkTrivia

In the kitchen scene, the raptor sees Lex and runs at her. Turns out to be a reflection: the real Lex is some short distance to the right of the reflection. The reflective surface is on a slightly open metal door, which explains how this works. Supposedly. #JurassicParkTrivia

The Gallimimus eaten by the T. rex stumbles after leaping over a fellow herd member who stalls and crouches. In other words, it died because of someone else’s mistake. #JurassicParkTrivia #JurassicPark

For those wondering.. yes, a load of my 2018 #JurassicParkTrivia tweets have re-appeared in my archive, and I'm now compiling them into the same thread as they're needed for a current project.

When the 1st raptor enter the kitchen, a human hand is seen steadying one of the animals. I hate pointing out crap like this – and you’ve probably heard it before anyway. But, yeah, it’s there (though not all that obvious in this screengrab). #JurassicParkTrivia

The #JurassicPark toys are among the best toys ever. I got a lot of them when they were being sold off cheap at the end of their run. I still have the T. rex in its box. It makes a stomp noise when banged on the ground and a roar when its ribcage is squeezed. #JurassicParkTrivia

In the hatchery, Hammond describes how the baby #dinosaurs imprint on the first animal they see. That might be a bit awkward for the sauropods. Anyway… Grant points at himself, he seems to think that the baby might imprint on him. #JurassicParkTrivia #JurassicPark

The baby raptor that Hammond helps hatch from an egg seems to lack an eggtooth. Reptiles (including birds) pretty much all hatch with an eggtooth. It’s a white, horn-like structure used to help break open the shell. #JurassicParkTrivia

In the discussion scene where Hammond and the guests are sitting around the dinner table, no-one eats a single mouthful of the food or makes any move to do so. And then the kids arrive, so they leave. #JurassicParkTrivia

The dinosaur called Brachiosaurus in #JurassicPark is the African species B. brancai. Following a 2009 study by my colleague @MikeTaylor, it’s now generally agreed that brancai is not a Brachiosaurus, but the distinct genus Giraffatitan. #JurassicParkTrivia #dinosaurs

When the brachiosaur rears up and crashes back down, Grant has his arms wide open and nearly falls backwards in awe. Which is probably understandable. #JurassicParkTrivia

And the #JurassicPark brachiosaur is eating eucalyptus, which is an odd choice given how tough and toxic eucalypt leaves are. Then again, maybe this dinosaur is making bad choices all over. #JurassicParkTrivia

The brachiosaur’s bipedal rearing is a bit weird given that there are seemingly good leaves within easy reach. And brachiosaurs don’t look well suited for rearing (though biomechanics indicates that they could still do it). Whatevs, that scene is SOO GOOD. #JurassicParkTrivia

While Grant is looking at his first (non-bird) dinosaur – the brachiosaur – Sattler is talking about that veriforman leaf she’s found. A split second in the trailer shows her plucking the leaf from the moving vehicle but this didn’t make it into the final cut. #JurassicParkTrivia

When the kids are first introduced to Grant and Sattler, Tim is carrying a book around. It’s an actual copy of Jack Horner’s 1988 book Digging Dinosaurs. #JurassicParkTrivia #JurassicPark

When Grant and the kids find the empty nest, the didactyl (two-toed) prints are damn-near perfect matches for baby dromaeosaur tracks. The nest should perhaps have some vegetation piled on it, but whatevs. #JurassicParkTrivia

When Lex is eating jelly, she freezes, and sees the shadow of a Velociraptor appear behind Tim. A protruding tongue is visible at the very start of the appearance of the shadow - it's super-brief. It may be included for vindictive reasons. #JurassicParkTrivia

In the kitchen, one of the raptors double-clicks its toe claw on the floor. The story goes that one of the consultants said that some birds do this when fixated on a prey item (err, do they?), hence its appearance in the film. Or maybe it just looks cool. #JurassicParkTrivia

Consultanrt Jacques Gauthier saw a captive seriema do this and suggested they include it. Pretty sure it's not a regular behaviour of these birds, but ok Jacques. #JurassicParkTrivia

Many of us first got to know about #JurassicPark the movie due to the Jan 1993 special dinosaur-themed issue of #NatGeo. It’s still one of the best ever issues. Psihoyos’s book Hunting Dinosaurs (which evolved from the article in that issue) is also great. #JurassicParkTrivia

Malcolm should have died. He does in the book. #JurassicParkTrivia #JurassicPark

Continuity error 2: Nedry pulls out cable from the winch on his jeep. Reels out loads of cable. Then does the same action all over again. This ruined the film for me (SARCASM). #JurassicParkTrivia

In protestation of the lack of feathered dromaeosaurs ('raptors'), I wore this t-shirt to the #JurassicPark premiere. I got beaten up a lot. #JurassicParkTrivia #dinosaurs (yes: wrist wings and no feathered hands. I was so ignorant).

#JurassicPark went with the decision not to feather its #dinosaurs. But, even in 1992/3, at least some experts thought that feathers were likely. I was only a student at the time but wrote to Spielberg and told him to feather the raptors. He never wrote back. #JurassicParkTrivia

Grant has had a busy day. He’s dodged a T. rex, rescued the kids from the over-turned car, and climbed two giant trees. Yet look at his boots at this point in the movie. Spotless. #JurassicParkTrivia #JurassicPark

Continuity error 1: that big bag Nedry holds in the restaurant is under his left arm, then disappears, then magically reappears. I feel like everyone knows this now. It's like Han Solo's jacket. #JurassicParkTrivia

During the tyrannosaur attack, the glass roof is broken in half, and then shown as not broken in half. The door is open, then not open, then open. And so on. Hey, whatever, it’s an awesome scene. #JurassicParkTrivia

When Grant and Sattler are holding the door closed, Tim is holding on to his hair and jumping up and down. Honest. #JurassicParkTrivia

Oh, and Sattler is trying to keep the door shut by applying pressure at the hinges. Yeah, about that… #JurassicParkTrivia

In the scene where Sattler and Hammond are talking about flea circuses, we see art by famous paleoartist John Sibbick in the background. It features a very morose looking, grey Triceratops (elsewhere seen in David Norman's book When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth). #JurassicParkTrivia

Before eating Gennaro, the tyrannosaur waggles its tail. This looks like a homage to the tail-waggling that Harryhausen gave his theropod dinosaurs, itself based on what lizards do when poised to strike prey. #JurassicParkTrivia

You’ve surely heard that the Velociraptors of the film are actually the larger, geologically older Deinonychus. Look at JP the novel and it seems that Crichton was inspired by Greg Paul’s idea that Velociraptor and Deinonychus should be in the same genus. #JurassicParkTrivia

The sick Triceratops scene is a carry-over from the sick stegosaurs in the book. In the book, the stegosaurs are sick because they eat berries, thinking they’re stones needed for digestion. Did Triceratops swallow stones for digestion? Nope. Oh well. #JurassicParkTrivia

Denis Nedry has a photo of J. R. Oppenheimer stuck on his computer, with some cryptic post-its and scraps of paper referring to ‘booms’ of various sorts. #JurassicParkTrivia

When Nedry steals the embryos, we get to see that a few additional dinosaurs were recreated in the JP labs: they have Metriacanthosaurus, everyone’s favourite dinosaur! (sarcasm). And they spelt Stegosaurus wrong… #JurassicParkTrivia

One thing that purists dislike about the brachiosaur is that its legs are thick & muscular (they should be slim). Storyboard art shows that the original idea was that the dinosaur was ‘camouflaged’ as a series of tree trunks that suddenly start walking. #JurassicParkTrivia

If you really obtained random DNA from ancient blood preserved inside insects, you’d _maybe_ likely get a bunch of animals that were new to science, not the superstars already familiar from their bones. #JurassicParkTrivia

Veriformans don’t actually exist. They were created for the movie. Given that plants were re-created, the JP technicians presumably obtained plant DNA from plant-eating insects. #JurassicParkTrivia

Grant’s trailer features assorted nods to the inspiration and science behind stuff in the movie. Greg Paul provided some skeletal reconstructions for JP, and we get to see his multi-view Tyrannosaurus skeletal on one of the walls. #JurassicParkTrivia

Wow, I think that might actually be it. Dear Twitter -- why oh why do you only show old tweets sometimes, not all the time? (the #JurassicParkTrivia tweets were originally from June 2018). Anyway... @threadreaderapp unroll please :)