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CompsognathusMember0 XPSep-21-2013 10:52 AMI am a gamer (duh) and prefer dinosaur games over others. I bought "Primal Carnage" about three months ago and have mastered the Novaraptor. But what I don't understand is from this game (and many others) the Dilo is about half the size and a regular human. I retraced back a bit and tried to hear anything about thee dilo in Jurassic Park 1 being a juvenile. But nothing hinted towards it being young. On JP Explorer it read "Dilophosaurus is 8 ft tall and 20 ft wide". But if the creators of JP Explorer are connected to the movies, then way make such a big mistake? Is it because science caught up to them? \"The point is, your still alive, when they start to eat you...\"
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Tyrannosaurus RexMember6270 XPSep-21-2013 12:10 PMMaybe. The thing is, the general public really only knows Dilophosaurus from the poison spitting little one in Jurassic Park.
How is Primal Carnage? It looks fun.Jack of all trades. Master of none
CompsognathusMember0 XPSep-21-2013 12:10 PMThe thing is, the Dilo in JP is about the size of a real Velociraptor and the raptors were about the size of a real Dilo. I'm pretty sure Spielberg simply did not want confusion between the two."Men like me don't start the wars. We just die in them. We've always died in them, and we always will. We don't expect any praise for it, no parades. No one knows our names."
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CompsognathusMember0 XPSep-21-2013 1:25 PMI think poeple got used to the JP dilo, the small, venom spitting dilo. So general public would be pretty confused if they see a dilophosaurus different from the one in jurassic park. Then, why not imitating it so the people can recognize the JP style dilo and start buying the game?Proud founder of the site Theropods Wiki! www.theropods.wikia.com
CompsognathusMember0 XPSep-21-2013 4:36 PMThe reason the Dilo is so small is just because its small. I read on the Primal Carnage site that most of them are small, but they do get to be up to 20 feet long. As for the Dilo in jp, then I still think that its a young one. It may not hint at it, but in the book, they had big ones, so that tells me the ones in the movie are childerenHi
CompsognathusMember0 XPSep-21-2013 8:50 PMJP/General Public Dilo...
[img]http://www.halloweenforum.com/attachments/halloween-costume-ideas/16325d1304681063-dilophosaurus-jp-oldskool-dilophosaurus.jpg[/img]
Real Dilo...
[img]http://0.tqn.com/d/dinosaurs/1/0/M/Q/-/-/dilophosaurusSK.jpg[/img]
Dilo's Correct Size...
[img]http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/images/species/d/dilophosaurus-size.jpg[/img]"Men like me don't start the wars. We just die in them. We've always died in them, and we always will. We don't expect any praise for it, no parades. No one knows our names."
―Alpha-98
CompsognathusMember1 XPSep-22-2013 12:37 PMIt deffinatley isnt a yound dilo !!!
It has a display crest ! Any animal in past or present would only have one for a particular reason which could be to make them selves bigger to fight for teritory or to attract a mate meaning mature adult !
So in my view in the film it was adult.
But there is a dilo skull specimin in NYC museum of natural history which is surprisingly bigger than i thought it was . Id say judging by the measurments it could prob reach 20ft thats not OTTCompsognathusMember0 XPSep-22-2013 12:41 PMA crest/frill/spitable venom would accually be best on a young Dilo.
1. It serves as a deterrent to bigger dinosaurs who want to eat it while mom and dad aren't around
2. It can confuse prey which makes it easier to catch for the young and inexperienced.Hi
CompsognathusMember0 XPSep-22-2013 1:53 PMIf the Dilo in JP is not a juvenile, then it's even more inaccurate than I thought. Either way, this is Hollywood we're talking about. If they want to give a juvenile adult characteristics, frankly, they can do that. Is it right or accurate? No. Does it bring in money? Yes. And in the end, that's what they want."Men like me don't start the wars. We just die in them. We've always died in them, and we always will. We don't expect any praise for it, no parades. No one knows our names."
―Alpha-98
CompsognathusMember0 XPSep-23-2013 9:13 AMIt is stated in sorkins journal, that the dilos are new additions to the park, And do to a frog dna mutation they grew frills and spit venom, She also thinks there rate of growth may be effected by this aswell...
No full grown dilos in the park...
I think theyll bring em back for JW
anyways, most games with dinosaurus go off of this standard idea because a normal dilo is boring, its just a very small t rex without venom... no one wants that, thus the games copy of JP for venom and such--- also it was a highly popular idea when the movie came out that they had venom... this has been proven wrong but could happenLife cannot be contained, it breaks walls, crashes through barriers sometimes painfully, but uh... Life uh, finds a way
CompsognathusMember0 XPSep-25-2013 8:39 PMThank you everyone for answering to this topic:
After I did some research it reads on JPFans twitter page: "The Dilo was revealed as a sub-adult in the first film. JP Explorer corrected the film because science caught up to the films" After checking with Dilo history and the making of JP and the video game, it still doesn't make much sense to me at this point. But then again (like most of you said) the public knows the Dilo as a vicious venom spitting raptor. \"The point is, your still alive, when they start to eat you...\"
CompsognathusMember0 XPSep-26-2013 5:24 PMOn a different note, how is primal carnage? It looks like a very fun game. Hi
CompsognathusMember0 XPNov-30-2013 8:10 PMfor everyone out there who is bitching about dinosaur inaccuracys in jurassic park remember the dinosaurs were geneticly engenered so they cant all be PERFECT. you can find explanations past pretty much all jp inacurassys and cunfusions. ex WHY DOES THE DILLO IN JP SPITT ACID AND HAVE A FRILL? well there are a lot of explanations the question is which ever you can exept... think about it............"That is one big pile of sh*t" -Doctor Ian Malcom
CompsognathusMember0 XPNov-30-2013 8:15 PMdillophosaurus was a frail animal, it had very thin bones. you know that lizard with that frill? it makes em seem bigger. some snakes spitt venom... what i am saying is its not impossible. remember we dont exactly know everything about these mehizoic animals. so we cant be sure. But im not saying dillo DOES have a frill"That is one big pile of sh*t" -Doctor Ian Malcom
CompsognathusMember0 XPNov-30-2013 8:20 PMOne last thing. i hate it when people say velociraptors were not that big. because the raptors in the film were velociraptor antirrhupos not to be confused with velociraptor mongoliensis. antirhupos was about five and a half feet tall mongoliensis was about three feet tall. does anyone relise this?
sources(jurassic park the novel)"That is one big pile of sh*t" -Doctor Ian Malcom
CompsognathusMember0 XPDec-01-2013 10:29 AMThere's no such thing as Velociraptor antirrhupos. There's Deinonychus antirrhupos and it's nearly 6 ft tall, but no Velociraptor antirrhupos. They "combined" the two and made Deinonychus a species of Velociraptor. That way they could make a 3 ft tall Velociraptor twice as big.
"Men like me don't start the wars. We just die in them. We've always died in them, and we always will. We don't expect any praise for it, no parades. No one knows our names."
―Alpha-98
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