History WMG / JurassicPark

Primarily because fossil record is incomplete, so some of the preserved DNA was of species we haven't discovered, or that we reconstructed the fossil records for improperly (they're like our thumbed iguanodons). However, it's also because the patching he did with the frog (and in the book, was there also turtle?) DNA, which affected them to the point that by the time they got lucky enough to get a viable embryo, they weren't too much like the actual creatures the original DNA had come from. He may have tried to make them more interesting ([[YouFailBiologyForever turning the "size" markers]] on the raptors UpToEleven so they resembled Utahraptors, mixing some ugly little poison-spitters with the large but cute dilophosaurs, keeping the compys at the size of the German skeleton instead of letting them grow to their natural full size- see putting poisonous plants in just because they're pretty), but I doubt it would have had any sort of success.

With the real-life fossils providing zero evidence of the neck frills or the ability to spit poison, obviously those features came from somewhere else.

[[WMG: The dilophosaurs had cobra DNA added as filler.]]
With the real-life fossils providing zero evidence of the neck fringes or the ability to spit poison, obviously those features came from somewhere else. At least one species of cobra is capable of spitting venom a fair distance, these snakes could be where those features came from.

The dilophosaurs appear to use venom as their primary means of attack. Dennis survived both that and their physical attacks thanks to his {{Kevlard}} and humans being larger than their normal prey. He managed to scare it off with the jeep/[[CarFu run it over]]. He then found the DNA canister, made it to the boat, and lived the rest of his life as a KarmaHoudini (besides some vision impairment).

The dilophosaurs appear to use venom as their primary means of attack. Dennis survived their both that and their physical attacks thanks to his {{Kevlard}} and humans being larger than their normal prey. He managed to scare it off with the jeep/[[CarFu run it over]]. He then found the DNA canister, made it to the boat, and lived the rest of his life as a KarmaHoudini (besides some vision impairment).

The dilophosaurs appear to use venom as their primary means of attack. Dennis survived their both that and their physical attacks thanks to his {{Kevlard}} and humans being larger than their nornal prey. He managed to scare it off with the jeep/[[CarFu run it over]]. He then found the DNA canister, made it to the boat, and lived the rest of his life as a KarmaHoudini (besides some vision impairment).

The dilophosaurs appear to use venom as their primary means of attack Dennis survived their physical attacks and managed to scare them off with the jeep. He then found the DNA canister, made it to the boat, and lived the rest of his life as a KarmaHoudini (besides some vision impairment).

Probably not out of the question considering his VillainousGlutton tendencies. Would've spent most of his new, infinite wealth (and surely more payout from [=BioSyn=] in the future) on eating. If he survived long enough on such a poor diet he would become this universe's Jabba the Hutt.

*** He went back and got it after Ellie turned the electricity back on. Because he's MadeOfWin.

* Alternate theory; once Roland got new ammo for his elephant gun, he decided to [[BadAss avenge his fallen comrades]].

Sure, he might've lost an arm, but he also [[BadAss beat the raptors with it and escaped]].

Its often assumed that they were just misnamed Deinonychuses, but they are actually closer in size to the recently discovered Dakotaraptor, and dakotaraptors were even found in the same place as that fossil Grant was digging up. It didn't fit with any then known raptor species, so they just called it velociraptor.

Grant hated kids up until he met Tim and Lex, and apart from wistfully staring it in the helicopter, the main thing he used it for was to terrorize the snotty little boy at the dig. Being with Tim and Lex made him realize what a terrible thing it'd been to do to that boy, brat though he may have been, and so he threw it away because of that now tainted memory.

* Would that make them [[{{V-2009}} Vs]]?

* It's also possible that the Site B dinos had their breeding capacity deliberately left intact, allowing InGen's scientists to study their "natural" development in the name of refining the techniques used for stocking the theme park. (IIRC, the novel of ''The Lost World'' mentions that the cloning process has an incredibly high failure rate.)

* Semi-confirmed. Although paleontologists don't boycott the park (and many enjoy it), InGen does have Dr. Wu arguing with Masrani about why the dinosaurs look inaccurate.

* [[http://www.cracked.com/article_22652_5-horrifying-fan-theories-that-make-way-too-much-sense.html This]] Website/{{Cracked}} article provided a more detailed explanation:
-->''"The entire premise of Jurassic Park centers around the idea that geneticists were able to extract dinosaur DNA from prehistoric mosquitoes trapped in fossilized chunks of tree sap, which is impossible, because DNA has a half-life and would have decayed beyond any possible use after 65 million years. Plus, there's no way you would find a mosquito who limited its blood intake to one particular species of dinosaur. There would be hundreds, if not thousands, of different DNA strands in each mosquito. Every DNA extraction would be like taking a cotton swab of a college freshman's bedsheets."''\\
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''"So, the only way for Jurassic Park to get its hands on any dinosaurs would be to have their geneticists build them from scratch, which would explain why all the dinosaurs in the movie look like how we, the ignorant public, imagine dinosaurs look, as opposed to how they actually appeared in nature. For instance, in real life, a velociraptor was the size of a chimpanzee, whereas in Jurassic Park, velociraptors are large enough to play professional basketball. Also, they had feathers. Most dinosaurs probably had feathers. And the dilophosaurus, the tiny, spitting monster with a technicolor neck frill, was 10 feet tall, and the fossil record provides zero evidence of poison loogies or flashy throat accessories."''\\
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''"We also know that the park's founder, John Hammond, built his fortune on selling people false realities: He gives an entire speech about how he started his career with a motorized flea circus designed to trick small children. In ''Film/TheLostWorld'', we learn that the lab where we saw the baby raptor hatchling in the first film was just a show for the tourists -- the majority of dinosaur hatching took place on an entirely different island, despite Hammond insisting to his guests that he had been present for every single birth."''\\
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''"Furthermore, at one point Dr. Sattler notices that Jurassic Park is covered in extinct species of plants. You can't clone a plant from mosquitoes encased in amber, so how the hell did they get there? The only explanation is that the plants are a complete genetic facsimile. Dr. Grant, Dr. Sattler, and Dr. Malcolm weren't brought to the park to determine whether or not it was safe for visitors -- they were brought to the park to determine whether or not it would be believable to visitors. Hammond figured if he could fool a paleontologist into thinking he was seeing dinosaurs, a paleobotanist into thinking she was seeing extinct plants, and a mathematician into believing that the science all added up, he could probably fool a bunch of Wall Street day traders and their families."''

* Jossed. Westworld has nothing to do with Jurassic Park in any way, universe and production wise and the fact that John Hammond is a multi-millionaire so he funded Jurassic Park himself.

*** Very funny. Jossed very hard. They said three instead of four because they didn't count Nedry whom is presumably eaten away completely or torn apart beyond recognition offscreen after being killed by the little venomous dinosaur.

* Very funny. Jossed very hard. Zombies do not talk but moan.

*** Should be jossed but on the other hand, the rain is pretty obvious, causing the Tyrannosaurus Rex to not be able to be as fast or as responsive when it's warm.

* Simple. They simply happened to have said rich British families and hunters. That's all there is to it.

* Very funny and jossed very hard.

[[WMG: Movie!Nedry had some kind of self-inflicted financial problems -- gambling debts, for example.]]
Movie!Hammond is clearly a very different kind of man to the greedy, corner-cutting asshole of the book. Yet Nedry still causes all the damage that he does; why? Is it just because he's a greedy idiot? Possibly. But, before he hacks the computer and sets everything wrong, there's an interesting little discussion between Nedry and Hammond, in which Hammond comments about people "taking responsibilities for their own mistakes". Given the kind of character Nedry is presented as, it's possible he's made bad decisions with his finances in the past -- getting into debt by gambling, for example -- and he arrogantly blames Hammond for not being willing to clear those debts for him.

* The scientists would have studied the dinosaurs in detail for at least a year prior to the events of the book/movie, and they would have discovered feather follicles in at least some of the dinosaurs.

* Confirmed.

* Very funny. Jossed. They are meat eaters. They may be able to think but they are still wild beasts that eat to live.

* Jossed very hard. The dinosaurs are what they are, dinosaurs. Full stop.

** Very funny. Jossed very hard. Dinosaurs do not talk.

*** Very funny. Jossed very hard. They are dinosaurs and meat eaters to boot.

*** Very funny to this being canon. Jossed. They aren't evil or insane. They are what they are, meat eating dinosaurs and it is known that some animals can think at some point, the raptors in this case.
**** just because an animal is a carnivore and predator doesn't preclude it from behaving in an insane manner particularly when exposed to stresses like isolation/confinement/boredom. Even without those stresses every now and then there will occur an individual that thinks/behaves in an atypical manner compared to rest of population due to random genetic variables. This guess might not have any evidence onscreen/in novel to support it but there isn't any evidence to 'joss' it either.

* Jossed. This is a film about wanting to open a theme park with real dinosaurus which obviously failed due to the dinosaurs going about their dinosaur nature. Nothing more than that. Full stop.

* Good theory but jossed until proven true on screen or at least in the novels.

[[WMG: Post-films, InGen's technology was used by others for more "mundane" de-extinction and species-survival projects]]

* One can also argue that Jurassic Park is also part of the Dino Crisis universe so... Very funny. Jossed. This is a standalone film, nothing to do with Judge Dredd in any way.