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How did the baby Nasutoceratops not die when the Allosaurus bit down and lifted it off the ground?
- Since Nasutoceratops has a relatively heavy head, the neck probably develops very strong muscle even at a young age. Seeing as the Allosaurus had it by the edge of the skull, it wasn't biting into anything soft, and it definitely didn't shake it around enough for a Neck Snap.
- Allosaurs preyed on the herbivores of their day, like sauropods and ornithopods. It instinctively went for the neck, which was the most vulnerable location on its native era's prey animals, but the least vulnerable part of a short-necked, bony-frilled ceratopsid.
- Allosaurus had very weak jaws for a large theropod, and relied on cutting bleeding wounds into its prey to kill it. Since it didn't get a good bite into the body, the damage would've been minimal.
- To elaborate, Allosaurus was a specialized hunter of large but unarmored prey such as sauropods and ornithopods. Its jaws were built more for slicing than for crushing, unlike the jaws of tyrannosaurs. Instead of crushing their skulls, it relied on biting large chunks out of its victims and waiting for them to bleed out. The Allosaurus wasn't able to get in a killing bite, so the baby Nasutoceratops survived.
- Which makes sense since Allosaurus is from the Jurassic period while the Nasuceratops (and the Ceratopsid family overall) are from the Cretaceous. Meaning that the Nasuceratops had evolved to survive tougher adversaries than the Allosaurus, while the Allosaurus hadn't evolved enough to face a Nasuceratops.
- Indeed, the development of tougher defenses among herbivores was probably a big factor in why the allosaurid lineage dwindled and other carnivores took their place.
- It also seems that the allosaurus had a weak grip on the baby Nasutoceratops (the sides of the frill) which combined with its wriggling and thrashing to escape caused the allosaurus to loose it’s hold.
How did the daughter shoot the Allosaurus twice with a single shot crossbow without reloading?
- Automatic Crossbows, perhaps?
- It's easy to miss (and might just be a handwave since I don't know if these are actually a thing) but the daughter specifically calls it a "double crossbow" when she tells her dad the neighbor let her shoot it.
- There are, but they're generally handmade contraptions rigged up by hobbyists. Presumably Greg is one of those.
Where did the Nasutoceratops came from? In fact where was it, Carnotaurus, Allosaurus, Sinoceratops, Stygimoloch in Jurassic World?
- Possibly the Restricted Area of Nublar.
- Or we just never saw their exhibits.
Why don’t the family drive away when the dinosaurs show up?
- Big trailers like that are often designed to have things like fold-up stairs, awnings, etc, and it takes a little time for those to be stowed away properly so nothing breaks. When the Nasutoceratops showed up, the family initially intended to just stay quietly in the camper and wait for them to leave, so the sudden loud noise of the engine, a lot of breaking equipment, and the glare of the headlights wouldn't startle them into charging. The longer they wait, though, the worse things get outside, so it didn't pan out like they hoped.
