Random Wrong Things in Jurassic Park About Dinosaurs (12 items)

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  (#3) You Can't Get Dinosaur DNA From A Mosquito

  The conditions needed for scientists to clone dinosaurs require more than just a piece of amber and Richard Attenborough's sheer willpower. The mosquito would have to be female and consume a ton of blood, only to immediately be encased in tree sap following its feeding. Even if DNA gets perfectly preserved, extracting an uncompromised DNA sample stands as a nearly impossible task. Furthermore, the insects used in the film arose well after the dinosaurs become extinct. 

  In 2017, scientists came somewhat close to a real-life Jurassic Park experience when they found a tick preserved in amber - along with a feather. Though this sounds like the beginnings of a possible theme park, the reality is far from it. Scientists can't even tell what kind of dinosaur the tick fed on, only that it was a dinosaur because the amber dates to the mid-Cretaceous period. Unfortunately for your dreams but fortunately for humanity's safety, the tick failed to produce the DNA needed to clone a real dinosaur.
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  (#12) Archaeological Digs Are The Same As They Were In 1800: Boring And Slow

  If you ever go digging for fossils, expect it to go far differently than what you see in Jurassic Park. Despite what the film depicts, dinosaur skeletons aren't waiting to be unearthed in plain sight. The sonic technology used in Jurassic Park won't help you much, as it's more inaccurate than the film makes out to to be.

  The reality is that digging up fossils today is much like it was back in the 1800s: a bunch of people carefully dig and cross their fingers that they find something. That's it. Not very glamorous. There certainly aren't any hammers and chisels involved in removing incredibly fragile fossils, even if Dr. Alan Grant says there are. 
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  (#9) The Time Periods Were Kinda Messed Up...To The Tune Of Millions Of Years

  Among the most basic things any of the Jurassic movies could accurately portray would be dinosaurs from the correct time periods. But alas, such dedication to the facts would screw up the producers' storyboard. Stegosaurus and Triceratops, for example, never lived in the same time period; the Triceratops lived around 65 million years ago during the Cretaceous period, while the Stegosaurus lived around 150 million years ago (which was actually in the Jurassic period, so points for that).

  Particularly interesting, and neglected in the movies, is that the Stegosaurus - despite being 30 feet long - would have had a bite weaker than yours. It actually used its cheeks to store food, like a very, very, very big, armored hamster. 

  Clearly, the difference between 65 million years and 150 million years is a solid 85 million years, so these two massive beats would have never crossed paths. 
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  (#4) So What Does 'Jurassic Park' Get Right?

  Before this list turns you against Jurassic Park, be sure to give credit where credit is due. For all their errors, the movies got a few things right. For one, the dinosaur eggs shown in the movies resemble eggs discovered by actual paleontologists. The cannibalism depicted in the movies is also accurate; thanks to fossil records, experts know dinosaurs of the same species fought with and killed each other. Though people will probably never know if dinosaurs talked to each other, it's likely that they did. Considering that birds are dinosaurs' closest living relatives, one can hazard a guess that dinos, like birds, lived as vocal creatures.

  Furthermore, experts do want to use genetics to potentially create new dinosaurs, but instead of using preserved DNA, they want to manipulate the genes of the dinosaur's ancestors like chickens to create a "chickenosaurus." Sounds like a great idea.
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  (#7) Brachiosaurs Didn't Sneeze

  Brachiaosaurs do not stand up on their back legs like a dog begging for a treat. As adorable as this scene looks, the top-heavy dino would likely topple over if it tried. These huge dinosaurs (to the tune of 62 tons and at least 82 feet long) would never climb hills, let alone stand up to eat. When you stand as tall as a four-story building, you don't need to stand on your hind legs.

  Also, let's talk about the sneezing for a sec. Sauropods probably did not sneeze, as the pressure could make their heads explode after it traveled up that four-story neck. Definitely a sad thought, but maybe one worth incorporating into the next film.
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  (#6) Dilophosaurus Exhibited Abilities It Likely Never Possessed

  As exciting as a venom-spitting dinosaur sounds, no one knows if the dilophosaurus actually spit any venom. Being 20 feet long, the dinosaur probably killed prey easily enough without venom. As for the frilly neck that looked like a bizarre version of an Elizabethan collar - again, it grew to be 20 feet long, so it's not like it needed to appear bigger or scarier.

  However, the dilophosaurus did hail from the Jurassic period, so at least the producers nailed that part.

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