The Only Dinosaur More Terrifying In Real Life Than Movies

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To many people, the Dilophosaurus is a small, venom spitting dinosaur that played a minor role in Jurassic Park. However, in reality the Dilophosaurus was actually much more impressive, as it wasn't just one of the first dinosaurs to become an apex predator, but it was also the largest dinosaur and animal on land in North America during the Early Jurassic.
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0:00 Intro
0:44 Discovery
1:18 Classification
2:08 Size
3:12 Neck Frill & Crest Function
4:30 Deadly Giant Jaws
5:13 Scavenger, Hunter, Or Fisher?
6:43 Confirmed Attacks On Other Dinosurs
7:27 Powerful Arms and Large Claws
8:11 Speed
8:58 Pack Behavior
9:30 The Most Damaged Theropod Ever
10:52 Range & Time Of Existence
11:16 Climate & Habitat
11:50 Animals It Lived With
13:11 Announcment
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@executioner_ecgbert884 3 ай бұрын

I think it's safe to say that any dinosaur would be more terrifying in real life than in a movie

@BlueSkyCountry 3 ай бұрын

If they existed in the Middle Ages, and armies trained and used them in battle, it would have actually turned medieval Europe into a genuine fantasy landscape from around the Viking age to the Ottoman sieges of Vienna.

@jasonwall1995 3 ай бұрын

You know what ghosts Hollywood monsters and dinosaurs all have in common? They’re all fake.

@TheBfutgreg 3 ай бұрын

@@BlueSkyCountry Who's ever trained an animal like a dinosaur in history? They're not like mammals, though quite intelligent I doubt you could "train" a dino to be any better than a lion or tiger....everyone used those in battle right? Not buying it, worst case they have a brain more like a Croc, that's completely untamable

@BlueSkyCountry 3 ай бұрын

@@TheBfutgreg One of the big flying ones being hatched from an egg and raised by the lady of a castle while her knight husband is on crusade in the Holy Land sounds like a good backdrop to a high fantasy tale. And then the flying beast comes back to her rescue when her husband's enemies from a neighboring duchy tries to take her hostage.

@wtfboom4585 3 ай бұрын

@@TheBfutgreg I suppose the herbivore would make much better war beasts, just swap out the animals we already used like elephants for your favourite dino equivalent like triceratops

@notoriousbigmoai1125 4 ай бұрын

Considering that some scientists think T-rex could be up to 30% bigger than previous studies, it isn't too hard to think that they could be even more terrifying than in the movies.

@rafexrafexowski4754 4 ай бұрын

For everyone who first learns about this study: it does not mean that the average T. rex was 30% larger. The scientists simply concluded that the largest T. rex that could have ever existed was likely around 30% larger than Scotty, the largest specimen we have found.

@OldGreggIRL 4 ай бұрын

A T-Rex the size of a large dog would still be terrifying.

@StelloTyrannus 4 ай бұрын

Not just size but everything else too. I’m always shocked seeing how underpowered the Jp rex is in movies knowing what irl trex could do. Can’t see you if you’re standing still? Rex irl has eyesight comparable to birds of prey, not to mention it could still smell you. Trex bites spinos neck? Irl rex would have shattered the spinos neck, heck it could probably behead it

@Gamerafighter76 4 ай бұрын

Eeyup.

@DunkinBiscuits 4 ай бұрын

It’s the same with crocodiles, they have the potential to become massive but rarely do. The scientists that say trex could be up to 30% bigger are referring to these rare circumstances when an animal is able to reach its full potential but that come along once in a lifetime. You also have the possibility of freaks of nature just like it can happen with us humans, take Andrey the giant for example more than twice the size of most men but it’s like a genetic mutation and not a standard to go by for the rest of our species.

@oscarstainton 4 ай бұрын

If Spielberg adapted the Dilophosaurus killing Nedry word for word from the Crichton novel, it would have locked the film into an R-rating. Similarly, the Raptors would have been no less terrifying if they were the size of lions rather than humans.

@GODEYE270115 4 ай бұрын

Imagine the Utahraptor was discovered at the time. A raptor the size of a brown bear

@timothyirwin8974 4 ай бұрын

Certainly a scary part of the book. Have learned a lot about this animal since then. Before then nothing. Certainly the movie sizing was a bit off. Wish they had included the boat scene with the kids.

@joebrat6809 4 ай бұрын

Now imagine the bissekty giant (Uberraptor) was discovered at the time of Fallen Kingdom. There would've been no need for the Indoraptor. Matter of fact, there was no need for Indominus rex either - we already have a mega allosaurus called Saurophaganax that was nearly as large as a T-rex.

@oscarstainton 4 ай бұрын

@@joebrat6809 Correct on both counts. While the hybrids idea could have worked as an ENDGAME creature to ensure never gets out (like the Scorpios rex as a BioSyn experiment in Dominion), both JW and Fallen Kingdom squandered their chances to focus on lesser-known but still powerful and dangerous theropods from the fossil record like Saurophaganax and Utahraptor.

@joebrat6809 4 ай бұрын

@@oscarstainton I agree, according to some estimates the Saurophaganax could get as large as 43 feet though 37 feet is more plausible, still massive. Plus traditionally, before the discovery of the other mega theropods, Allosaurus was traditionally known among the pop culture as 'the rival to T-rex' as the King of The Monsters. So that would have been a historical match up, they could always use Saurophaganax as a template for a larger allosaurus. The bissekty giant was probably as large as the Indoraptor.

@SitaraAleu 3 ай бұрын

Fun fact: Wayne Knight, who played Dennis Nedry, was extremely disappointed that his character death was toned down so heavily for the movie. In the book, the Dilo was MUCH bigger, though not quite to scale, and it slashed Nedry across the abdomen, spilling his insides before chomping down on his head and actually lifting him into the air. The movies really did the Dilo dirty

@justaguy5770 3 ай бұрын

Part of me wants to read the novels but I've already quickly read something about the velociraptor in tall grass and standing on the guys back, the descriptions are what make me question if I really want to read it

@TheTrumpReaper 3 ай бұрын

That would have been a much cooler flick.

@SitaraAleu 3 ай бұрын

@@TheTrumpReaper It also would’ve secured a hard R rating which they were trying to avoid

@SitaraAleu 3 ай бұрын

@@justaguy5770 Definitely at least give them a shot.

@TheTrumpReaper 3 ай бұрын

@@SitaraAleu I think an R-rated Jurassic Park could have been more like the book, but they wanted to pull in the dinosaur-fanatical kids (despite Spielberg not wanting his own kids to watch the final results).

@seabass1428 4 ай бұрын

Dilophosaurus has always been a very unique dinosaur. It’s quite primitive, living in the earliest Jurassic, yet it still was very impressive, in size and appearance.

@whitewolf3051 3 ай бұрын

What do you think art works depicting a dilophosaurus being ridden? Such as in Dinosaur Riding by NathanRosario, or Paleo Caravan by BlueCea, both of which can be looked up in the net.

@__-be1gk 3 ай бұрын

the original king theropod, the blueprint for every one to come since

@justusb.plorer8773 3 ай бұрын

In modern biology, the words "primitive" and "advanced" have mostly fallen out of favour due to their berating nature, and been replaced with "basal" and "derived".

@OneVoiceMore 3 ай бұрын

Ancient, not primitive. It is a highly specialized creature.

@bleensteen9331 3 ай бұрын

Lol basal sounds even more passive aggressively demeaning.

@BerryDeLajt 4 ай бұрын

The original Jurassic Park novel describes this dinosaur in a lot more accurate and horrifying way, it's definetly a way better representation for the animal. I also really think the Dilo shown in the film was just a juvenile.

@sp6450 3 ай бұрын

How can you be sure that we are getting this creature right in our depiction. We just have bones and already have seen how Dino folks depict current everyday animal bones which look completely bizarre from the actual animal. Take the Elephant for example, nothing about its skull tells us it had a trunk which is an absolute defining feature of an Elephant. In the same sense all these skulls of these dinosaurs I strongly think are being pictured incorrectly.

@BerryDeLajt 3 ай бұрын

@@sp6450I didn't say it's definitely 1:1 to the animal, but it's represented in a way more accurate way, then it's film counterpart. Also remember those things in the films/books are reconstructions of the animals..

@justusb.plorer8773 3 ай бұрын

@@sp6450Wrong. An elephant's trunk is a muscular structure, and muscles require anchor points on the skeleton. These aren't obvious to the average person, but that's why we have comparative anatomists who study these things as their job. It should also be noted that mammals aren't really a good comparison for dinosaurs, because they tend to have a lot more soft tissue around their skulls in general. A better comparison would be crocodilians (which are basal relatives of dinosaurs) and birds (which are derived avian dinosaurs). Their skulls tend to look a lot more similar to the living animal, the exception being stuff like chickens that have weird combs and/or wattles.

@sp6450 3 ай бұрын

@@justusb.plorer8773 Well I guess I stand corrected. Learned something new. Thank you.

@larrykelbaughjr.1831 3 ай бұрын

See my comment in the main comment section!!

@jrbaxterstockman548 4 ай бұрын

Dilophosaurus needs no durability buff. The holotype had one severely broken arm and shoulder girdle, and the other had a condition that would regularly cause dislocation. Both of which had started to heal, so very clearly staying alive and kicking, and biting, and tearing.

@egay86292 4 ай бұрын

maybe they liked to play lacrosse.

@nonerdsherexx 3 ай бұрын

I read that as girlie and I was so confused yet supportive haha Love dilo sm ❤️

@aazhie 3 ай бұрын

@@egay86292Rugby Dinos x3

@daveyjones8969 3 ай бұрын

High pain tolerances...must be Canadian originally lol. Probably ate fermented fruit to work through the pain 😂 Also, busted up arms? Like they were hockey fighting all the time?

@Daniel-ef6gg 3 ай бұрын

One thing to consider, if you're solo and have debilitating injuries, you may be unable to provide for yourself. Having so many injuries that later recovered could be evidence of a pack helping to care for and protect an injured individual while they are down. Plus, a single sauropodomorph with many bite wounds might suggest multiple Dilos attacking and biting at once.

@PrehistoricZoo 4 ай бұрын

The Dilophosaurus proves to be a true monarch of the Jurassic, surpassing cinematic representations. Congratulations on the video!

@egay86292 4 ай бұрын

anthropocentric much?

@jamielishbrook2384 3 ай бұрын

Because the movie used a juvenile and never bothered to correct it.

@spongebombepicpants1073 3 ай бұрын

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@rosshugecaulk 3 ай бұрын

@@jamielishbrook2384never bothered to correct it? Dawg the movie is bordering on 20 years old, how're they gonna change it?🗿🗿

@jamielishbrook2384 3 ай бұрын

@@rosshugecaulk duh. Give us a 6 foot tall 10 foot long ADULT not a pack of JUVENILES even needy said "I thought you were one of your big brothers" heck even the creators behind the movie implied it was a juvenile when they were working on a web comic, now cancelled unfortunately, that would have been set in the movie canon, and featured a fully grown adult dilophosaur. 20 years old my hindquarters. They have all of this on record. They knew darned well what they were doing.

@lokitus 4 ай бұрын

Ironic that they downsized Diloposaurus because they upsized Velocotaptor.

@kade-qt1zu 3 ай бұрын

Kind of but also kind of not.

@hugh.g.rection5906 3 ай бұрын

@@kade-qt1zu you couldnt take one in a fight but i could

@T-Rex-uw3eh 3 ай бұрын

Not really the velociraptor and the trex where the companies cash cows they were the mascots to the franchise and they put dinner on the table for everyone making that film. It would be hard for them to make the dilophosaurus bigger without coming up with an idea to make that possible especially since the creators of the franchise tend to stray away from accuracy on the species itself a good example a velociraptor wasn’t like it was in the film it was a small dinosaur no bigger than a medium sized dog as if I recall the ones in the film were taller than a human being. Jurassic world camp Cretaceous does have some dilophosaurus in it and some are bigger than the films and they are much scarier than the ones in the movie so hopefully the choices made there gave the dilophosaurus some justice

@ChiIIi... 3 ай бұрын

@T-Rex-uw3eh I think that they ment that even in the first jurassic park they choice the raptors over the dilophosaurus. The popularity of the velociraptor didn't exist back then so it's a weird decision to make the raptors look like Dilo's to eventually make the dilo's more similar to the actual raptor. And even then it's weird that they atleast didn't try to upsize it but just use a different colour then the raptors it also seems to still be bigger then the raptors in the movie. So saying that it would look too much like a velociraptor hardly makes any sense

@wtfboom4585 3 ай бұрын

@@ChiIIi... velociraptor is just a cooler name, that's the only real reason I can think of

@jeremypreston5009 4 ай бұрын

Honestly the fact that birds are dinosaurs makes dinosaurs MORE terrifying. I'm quite fond of birds and frankly a lot of them make me nervous.

@sallak6483 3 ай бұрын

As a chicken owner, birds are fucking terrifying. I would take my chances with a 40kg dog anytime ovet a 40kg angry rooster.

@MogamiKyoko13 3 ай бұрын

@sallak6483 I lived on a farm as a kid and we had a rooster that would stalk me around the yard while I was trying to do my chores. He legitimately would nonchalantly peck at the ground when I looked at him and then rush me in a demented game of red light green light when my back was turned. I had to carry around a big stick to use as a bat because he'd eventually come at me with his almost 2 inch long spurs. Chickens are fukkin terrifying.

@sallak6483 3 ай бұрын

@@MogamiKyoko13 Yeah. They have zero respect unless you are The Master of the Noms (tm)

@timothyirwin8974 3 ай бұрын

My dog hates birds. She knows them for what they really are.

@VenomQuill 3 ай бұрын

I'm almost positive anyone who loves and knows birds is also slightly very terrified of them as well lmao Could you imagine a pelican the size of a giraffe? The world might actually end.

@fredbloggs8072 4 ай бұрын

I quite like that the makers of Jurassic Park used some artistic licence with Dilophosaurus, even if the spitting venom & neck frill were almost certainly not present on the living animals. I've no doubt that many dinosaurs had features that are not evident from just looking at the fossil record. I'm sure there would be many surprises if we could see them in real life.

@ericacook2862 4 ай бұрын

I remember watching a making of Jurassic Park when it came out, and they said they took so many liberties at the time because it was the dinosaur with the least known about it. They felt it gave them more creative license because there was little reason to think they might be wrong.

@ivanlol7153 3 ай бұрын

@@egay86292and? JP isn’t a documentary.

@metalmamasue3680 3 ай бұрын

It would be undescribabIy cool to see real dinosaurs. Not saying it would be a good idea if they could bring them back, just that it would be too cool for school 😅

@alexandergotze3323 3 ай бұрын

Tbf, in-universe they filled some gaps in the dino DNA with other DNA, maybe they accidentally put some frilled lizard or snake (some of them can spit venom) DNA in there too

@Joural0401 3 ай бұрын

In the book the frog DNA is used as a deliberate defense against eventual scientific inaccuracy- it's repeatedly brought up that they aren't true dinosaurs, and their value to science is low due to the incomplete dna they were grown from

@LoudmouthReviews 4 ай бұрын

I had always assumed the one in the first Jurassic Park was a juvenile. Which it’s why it was extra stupid of dominion to bring them back but keep them small

@Donatello643D 3 ай бұрын

Unfortunately only reason it’s so small is cause Spielberg didn’t want people to confuse it with the raptors. There is nothing supporting the idea that it’s supposed to be a juvenile. So loathe as I am to say it, Dominion’s off the hook for this one.

@LoudmouthReviews 3 ай бұрын

@@Donatello643D There is no indication in the first movie it wasn’t a juvenile. As a kid I always assumed it was

@dominiklehn2866 3 ай бұрын

@LoudmouthReviews there is nedrys like of "I thought you were one of your big brothers"

@LoudmouthReviews 3 ай бұрын

@@dominiklehn2866 It was always pretty dumb that a guy who worked at the park for years was unaware the animal could spit venom. I know care of the animals wasn't his job but a major detail like that of the animals in the park he worked at you think would have eventually came to his attention

@dominiklehn2866 3 ай бұрын

@@LoudmouthReviews he worked on the computers a different care about the animals at all, so... Edit: but you're right, Nedry did some pretty dumb stuff. That was kinda the part of the character

@alunaticwithashotgun9840 4 ай бұрын

I wouldn't call it the only one, I think Tyrannosaurus is a lot scarier than any of it's movie counterparts too. I dunno maybe it's just me but I think a 10 ton carnivore being quiet is a lot scarier than having it stomp around and roar, giving me plenty of time to run away or hide.

@slappy8941 4 ай бұрын

"Its" is possessive, and "it's" is a contraction of "it is".

@Makabert.Abylon 4 ай бұрын

@@slappy8941haha damn acoustic much😉

@homuraakemi493 4 ай бұрын

Tyranasoarus hunts by movement thoughever, so you would not survived running away

@WasiulWahid-ot7cj 3 ай бұрын

you can outrun it by running really fast and zig zaging it a little. not as scary as an african bush elephant.

@whitewolf3051 3 ай бұрын

You believe that movie nonsense? It was a *(possible)* predator, no predator - other than frogs - hunt by motion alone. That makes no sense.

@katherinel8661 4 ай бұрын

Alright! Just got home from work, walked the dog, got a snack, and now I'm watching dinosaur content. It's been a good day!

@Dorothi1267 Ай бұрын

Glad you had a good day❤

@sskuk1095 4 ай бұрын

I really thank you that you show the Dilophosaurus some love and give it some attention. Such a unique and often overlooked animal, just because in the Dino world, size is allegendly everything!

@edgeofsanity9111 4 ай бұрын

Unfortunately that is how ppl think

@Flufux 3 ай бұрын

Though even if we do talk about size, relativity is key. I mean, sure, it's smaller than a T. Rex or even an Allosaur, but it's massive compared to modern day land predators, with really big bears being the only thing that comes close, and it was the biggest known animal in its environment.

@edgeofsanity9111 3 ай бұрын

@@Flufux you're right, but ppl look at dinosaurs as a whole And in that respect it's only midsized

@Flufux 3 ай бұрын

@@edgeofsanity9111 To be fair, mid-sized predators are more likely to bother hunting humans than something like a T. Rex, so I would be way more terrified of a dilophosaurus than a T. Rex if I met either in real life.

@edgeofsanity9111 3 ай бұрын

@@Flufux that's true, but ppl don't think about that They just want the big guns "Dinosauce, rawr!"

@Sharauni 3 ай бұрын

With all the new info on Dilophosaurus crests, I think they were definitely identifiers and for mating, but also may have been similar to a Cassowary's casque, possibly used to help bull their way through brush but also might be radiators to help regulate body temperature. Maybe a combination of all of these things, we may never fully know though. I do think that the ones in the Jurassic franchise were meant to be adolescents though. If you listen on the tour when they first come up to the Dilo enclosure you can hear the sound of a much larger creature, then later Nedry says "I thought you were one of your big brothers" when the little one confronts him, hinting that adults are also around. Plus the little one takes a few tries to hit him in the eyes, which seems to me as it hasn't had the practice that an adult would have to get it in the eyes first try. I also think that if the movie makers did the Dilo scene exactly like it was in the book they would have had to have been rated R or never would have gotten funding to begin with, the Dilos in the book were way scarier than the movies for sure lol.

@goose2888 3 ай бұрын

I never thought about the big brother line!!! Wow

@risunokairu 4 ай бұрын

"Take my strong hand!" "No! Give me your OTHER hand!"

@Gaarafan007 4 ай бұрын

"My Germs!"

@MisfortunateJustice 3 ай бұрын

"I'D REALLY RATHER NOT!"

@cursedcancersurvivor 3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@christinaf713 3 ай бұрын

ROFL😂😂😂😂

@primexample8912 3 ай бұрын

Scary movie 2😂

@Velosirraton 4 ай бұрын

So... he was like the grandfather of Allosaurus, a vicious hunter that would attack prey despite the odds of being severely injured, lions of the Jurassic.

@jitterbug5630 3 ай бұрын

Dilophosaurus is my favorite dinosaur, something about its misrepresentation and how truly impressive it was in the early jurassic drew me in, and I love learning all I can about it. I never knew about the plethora of deformities and wounds on the fossils, and am glad to see the unique traits addressed. Loved the video, and hopefully the world can get to see the true beauty of prehistory

@jonjonr4788 3 ай бұрын

Same! my favorite dinosaur for sure. with baryonyx in second

@joaopedrobaggio4475 4 ай бұрын

Very hard to believe that there are still so many people who believes that dinosaurs never existed.

@egay86292 4 ай бұрын

that's so silly. i've SEEN pictures of Jesus riding a Rex.

@oskop5379 3 ай бұрын

Post information age.

@charliecane3621 3 ай бұрын

Its crazy... i know some folks that not only believe that Dinosaurs existed but believe they were created by an advanced race..

@giocatore_83 3 ай бұрын

They're like a fraction of a % there's not that many of them.

@jasonwall1995 3 ай бұрын

They are fake. Sorry. They are. But by all means, believe what you want. Just one question? In the 200,000 long human history, how come no indigenous peoples, no construction crews, and no archeologists or no one even digging on their own property have ever discovered a single dinosaur bone? Only people who theorized their existence and in fact were making quite a bit of money starting in the early days of the 1800’s have ever found them. Even the models in the museum of natural history and sciences in New York City are plaster my guy. In fact, nobody who is not in their dinosaur click can even go and see “actual dinosaur bones” And the ones that they claim to actually have are just tiny little fractions of bones. And the rest are simply filled in by guess work. They are fake. Sorry. 1824. In a 200,000 year history. lol. Believe what you want.

@12time12 4 ай бұрын

Someone should tell artists that pupil shape matters, round pupils are for animals like humans, tigers, and birds. Vertical pupils are for small, low to the ground animals like foxes and kitty cats. The largest animal of its time with binocular vision will not have vertical pupils.

@egay86292 4 ай бұрын

binocular vision with those crests?

@davidaugustofc2574 3 ай бұрын

Dear God, I never realised that

@DayMan.. 3 ай бұрын

Wrong. All big cats all have them.

@calebclendenin7073 3 ай бұрын

@@DayMan..Tigers definitely have round pupils.

@bmolitor615 3 ай бұрын

what about goat pupils :)

@LowellLucasJr. 3 ай бұрын

Just remember, the Dinosaurs of JP are just mere hybrids of they're prehistoric predecessors. 😂 That said, I love Dilophosaurus and learning more about this amazing predator! Always a fave in both palentology and its shorter, movie counterpart!❤

@Chippaization 3 ай бұрын

also it was scientists trying to create a park for $$$ ....and Hammond only brought Grant and Sattler there because the investors told him to bring in experts The Parks top person was Wu and his a geneticists that didn't consider the possibly of breeding because of frog DNA. ...i hate that Muldoon doesn't make it in the movies like he does in the book as his character would have been great in the lost world on the protagonists side

@joer5057 4 ай бұрын

The more I learn, the more I feel like JP's "artistic license" has really done an entire generation dirty. At 37 y/o, I, like most, grew up thinking velociraptors were some of the craziest things to ever walk the earth. The Utahraptor was my favorite dinosaur when I was young. I mean, if the Velociraptor was that scary, what if it was substantially bigger, right? Then, I learned that Velociraptor was roughly the size of a turkey, and I am, in fact, taller than a Utahraptor. It's still probably my favorite, but I always wondered about the Dilophosaur. I quickly learned the frills and "ink/venom spit" were another one of JP's hokey inventions, but to now know that the Dilophosaur was much more akin to JP's portrail of the Velociraptor, I kind of wish they would've been more accurate. Of course, it only got worse with the following movies, I suppose.

@diebesgrab 3 ай бұрын

If this is your impression of Jurassic Park, I recommend looking a little deeper into the making of the movie. There was an astonishing amount of research that went into making the dinosaurs not only quite accurate in appearance, but also in behavior during the production of the movie, and it’s still probably to date the most accurate (within the context of the time it released) major pop culture representation of dinosaurs to date. It’s almost singlehandedly responsible for updating the public perception of dinosaurs from the hideously outdated pre-dinosaur-renaissance picture of slow plodding giant lizards just waiting for mammals to replace them to the post-renaissance picture of them as active, dynamic animals perfectly adapted to dominate terrestrial ecosystems. Sure, they did the raptors a little dirty since they were essentially the main “antagonists,” and so they got some movie monster DNA injected into them, and the dilophosaur was virtually fiction, but the remainder were pretty good representations of the science of the time-even a bit forward thinking in some cases. And in defense of the film raptors, they were still much less inaccurate than the novels, which had them as pure, bloodthirsty movie monsters. I’ll never forget the part of the book when they literally bit through steel bars to get to the human characters.

@shadowsmith841 3 ай бұрын

I believe they called it Velociraptor because that name sounded cooler to the director. The dinosaur they actually depicted is called Deinonychus

@diebesgrab 3 ай бұрын

⁠@@shadowsmith841 That’s a myth, and you’re attributing it to the wrong person-the person who supposedly thought Velociraptor sounded better was Crichton. The truth is that there was a period of time where a small subset of people in the field thought Deinonychus wasn’t its own genus, merely another species within the genus Velociraptor-the type species of Velociraptor is V. mongoliensis, and so they considered Deinonychus antirrhopus to be V. antirrhopus, which I think is the full name used in the novel, if memory serves. Crichton unfortunately decided to pay attention to those writers instead of more mainstream ones, and the name stuck for the movies.

@debbylou5729 3 ай бұрын

You know it’s not a documentary, right? It’s all pretend

@ElysetheEevee 3 ай бұрын

The pronated wrists on the raptors always threw me off as a kid. I've been drawing animals by observation and research since I was very young. The idea that they could comfortably be that way AND use their claws efficiently just didn't mesh for me. I just assumed the adults knew things I didn't. I've always loved dinos, though.

@user-ez1oo3qu6z 4 ай бұрын

What most people forget, is that the dilo in JP was a juvenile, said when Nedry says "You not one of you big brothers" or something like that.

@user-ez1oo3qu6z 4 ай бұрын

This was also mentioned behind the scenes I believe.

@Bagelgeuse 4 ай бұрын

Originally, they were Juveniles. But then Jurassic World came and made the small ones adults.

@drakesmith471 4 ай бұрын

Well even though Nedry works at the park, being a computer nerd I never took him to know the dinosaurs well. The movie suggested this and the book too, being the only one in the book he took care on were the raptors if I recall. I assumed he meant big brothers as in just larger dinosaurs, treating them as “brothers” the same way someone does their cats and dogs.

@user-ez1oo3qu6z 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, maybe though that can be shrugged off, I hope so.@@Bagelgeuse

@user-ez1oo3qu6z 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, I can see the reasoning in this, I still hope in the new movie they will make a big dilo.@@drakesmith471

@jasdfvalkyrie1-195 2 ай бұрын

ANYONE who's played 2008 Turok knows the Dilophosaurus is NOT to be messed with! This was the only dino that genuinely terrified me in that game, and since i was a kid Id never seen it mentioned in media like this. This video is like my destiny LOL

@AZadeh-nd8vx Ай бұрын

Turok is a videogame 😅 you base your perception of a dinosaur, or anything real, on a videogame?

@jasdfvalkyrie1-195 Ай бұрын

@@AZadeh-nd8vx No, lol. But most people base their perception of dinosaurs on hollywood movies so it's not a huge gap (:

@razorhog8 3 ай бұрын

Amazing video. Very well done. Glad you credited all the artists and put things in evolutionary perspective!

@johnwhitmore5408 3 ай бұрын

Your videos are truly fascinating and educational. But the one fact that absolutely blows my mind is the way you can just list off and pronounce all these animals names. It is is amazing to me. Thank you for all your content.

@bertramusb8162 3 ай бұрын

Dude, this has been my soapbox cause forever. You've shown my favorite Early Jurassic Therapod the respect it deserves.

@beng1642 3 ай бұрын

This was always my favorite as a kid, and still is today. While everyone else (who were into dinosaurs anyway) were picking T-Rex or Triceratops as their favorites, this one and Deinonychus held my top spots. To this day, Dilophosaurus is still my favorite, and I never tire of seeing content about it.

@danielrose9977 3 ай бұрын

Same here friend. Always has been and always will be my favorite. Even got a dilophosaurus tattoo.

@jonjonr4788 3 ай бұрын

likewise! looks like dilophosaurus has a cult following. baryonyx would be my second favorite

@Qyrnth 3 ай бұрын

Mine has always been Allosaurus! :3. I was always sad when I read in the books when they got injured and eventually died. I know they are an apex predator but that was such a sad way to go. Especially that one time I read one book telling an old dying Allosaurus. Idk. LOL. But I just love them. :3.

@mutantratz9225 3 ай бұрын

Love the painting at 3:27 they look so vibrant and colorful! and the crests have what appears to be extra layers of keratin making them appear larger.

@Alberad08 3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for creating & sharing this!

@LilHomieRefugee 4 ай бұрын

I really enjoy your videos, you should make a video on the Austroraptor, it's seems like an unusual dinosaur.

@kieba2207 4 ай бұрын

In manga "dinosaur sanctuary" author made acurate dilophosaurus

@ophyjgjhnfn 3 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed that depiction of the dinosaur

@kieba2207 3 ай бұрын

@@ophyjgjhnfn yeee, the drawings were insane too

@ravensthatflywiththenightm7319 4 ай бұрын

Also it's because of the Jurassic Park novel that Dilophosaurus has since become my favorite dinosaur 🦖

@thefisherking78 3 ай бұрын

I've always been fascinated by dilophosaurs, and I never thought they did them justice in the movies. It's still cool to see them there, but they could have been even more impressive. Thanks for the coverage!

@vinniepeterss 3 ай бұрын

man, just found your channel and i can say, i'm hooked!

@kichmadev 3 ай бұрын

7:14 Ic your boy Kichma. :) Never thought I would see a day to be featured in a paleo video. 🎉

@e.m.451 25 күн бұрын

Nice artwork =)

@gustave9249 3 ай бұрын

Honestly, I think real life Dinosaurs are far more terrifying then anything Jurassic Park has to offer

@melaniegooding4933 Ай бұрын

I agree

@thekickingwolf5115 2 ай бұрын

Dope content! Thanks for sharing your knowledge, and hard work!!

@kewlkatdave80 2 ай бұрын

thank you for this informative and highly educating video! Your voice is soothing to go along with all this blood & gore :) great dichotomy 👍🏻👍🏻

@eros5420 Ай бұрын

You completely ignored the notorious Suchusdeeznutz.

@tm43977 4 ай бұрын

Dilophosaurus truly a dinosaur from Jurassic period also it's size and crest of it

@slappy8941 4 ай бұрын

Bro, just use Google translate from now on.

@cameronjones8641 4 ай бұрын

@@slappy8941😂😂😂👌🏼

@rachelamanita9301 2 ай бұрын

Thus is a great video and I'm def subbed now :) I hope yall make a video about Ankylosaurus :)

@MisfortunateJustice 3 ай бұрын

Man, you do good research. I enjoyed how in depth you went to explaining everything about this beast. 🤙

@man-observing-world 3 ай бұрын

I know the subject matter is somewhat niche, but I think you deserve a million subs. Thanks for the awesome videos, I can see you care so much about the animal kingdom.

@AncientAnimalAtlas 3 ай бұрын

Very interesting video indeed!

@christerprestberg3973 4 ай бұрын

I will forever connect the Dilo to The Isle, it alone can turn it from survival dino game to horror game very very quickly and it sounds will allways trigger a flight or fight response in me ^^

@matyaskassay4346 3 ай бұрын

yeah that's a cool one. The modded one in Path of Titans is very similar and probably the most realistic model in that game. It also looks amazing in Prehistoric Kingdom.

@lacorbeau 3 ай бұрын

the dilo from legacy isle was my main. its call was so haunting and beautiful. the modded one on path is close but it isn't the same--being able to see at night made it a terrifying hunter. the modded one is tuned for day hunting and that sucks

@arnaudt3935 3 ай бұрын

Great content !! You won a subscriber !

@runicdemon2 Ай бұрын

Loved the video! It truly shows what a REAL Dilophosaurus looks like! Also loved how you used footage from When Dinosaurs Roamed America. I love that documentary so much.

@moycorbin4750 3 ай бұрын

Cassowaries are the closest things we have to a Dilophosaurus nowadays

@matyaskassay4346 3 ай бұрын

I dunno, maybe by appearance, but cassowaries are mostly veggie eaters... maybe a secretary bird or ground hornbill?

@uhohitsatrap9989 3 ай бұрын

They are absolutely not veggie eaters. They eat a lot of rodents, eggs, other small critters and small bird if the get a chance. Omnivores is what they are.@@matyaskassay4346

@RemusKingOfRome 3 ай бұрын

What ? Hollywood underestimated a creature ! ?? Amazing, Great video.

@3hermans 2 ай бұрын

The quality of this video is incredible! Earned a sub!

@2ndTakis 3 күн бұрын

Bro doesnt have any likes 😕

@thomasgumersell9607 2 ай бұрын

Enjoyed your video on this interesting early Dinosaur. Truly a formidable hunter in its own right. 💪🏻🙏🏻✨

@UATU. 4 ай бұрын

I enjoy imagining dinosaurs with and without lips in every scene.

@cheeks7050 3 ай бұрын

The injuries sustained by these apex predators sounds very similar to modern crocodilians. It's very common to see Salt water crocs or Alligators with healed wounds that don't bother them all too much. E.g. Missing parts of limbs. They are usually bitten off by rival crocs.

@4thorder 3 ай бұрын

VERY informative and interesting thanks!!

@paparazziphotography6712 3 ай бұрын

EXCELLENT PRESENTATION & THANKS... MR. HOP....

@user-et8ic7ms6y 3 ай бұрын

As a Paleo Artist I positively love Extinct Zoo 👍👏😍

@XoADREADNOUGHT 4 ай бұрын

That was the most impressive pronunciation of "varied" that I've ever heard.

@stormrhode2330 2 ай бұрын

Awesome. One of my favorite dinosaurs! I always loved its agile phenotype and unique appearance. Also, I never realized the "p" in magapnosaurus was silent. It's funny, just as you said it, my mom (whose name is Megan) walked into the room and said "that's my favorite dinosaur!"

@sonofeyeabovealleffoff5462 3 ай бұрын

Dilophosaurus has been my favorite dino since I first saw jurassic park when I was six in 93. I was even more fascinated when I learned they took liberties with it's biology in both the book and the movie.

@MiguelPerez-zx2wg 4 ай бұрын

I'll remember seeing those fossil at the Flagstaff museum when I was a little kid. Good time when I was so interested with Dinosaur when I was a kid.

@Gamerafighter76 4 ай бұрын

I’ve only been watching a short time, but I’ve been really enjoying the information I couldn’t find in books as a kid or tv series. And here I thought the Dilophosaurus was the annoying, little dinosaur you’d find on the beaches of most Ark maps; good to know it was even bigger than that.

@aislygncovante7524 3 ай бұрын

Took me this long to find an Ark reference, what is humanity coming to?

@DennisScott-vo9ex 3 ай бұрын

That was very interesting and fun to watch i really enjoyed it thanks my friend 😁😁😁😁😁

@DennisScott-vo9ex Ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😁😬😁😬

@boiho8960 5 күн бұрын

Seeing that discovery channel documentary about the dilophosaurus brings back memories and i believe is genuinely one of the bet documentaries to date even if now outdated. Such a cool representation of the dinosaurs and their noises and vfx were really good especially for it's time

@brendangolledge8312 3 ай бұрын

I wonder if the prevalence of arm injuries among top therapod predators is why later therapods got tiny arms.

@MarcLL 3 ай бұрын

I think the teeny theropod arms have something to do with the shoulder girdle having to support neck muscles? Like the t-rex has such a giant head that needs so much support that there really isn't "room" to support functional arms. So you may be right. Maybe they slowly evolved to be more powerful in the head and less powerful in the arms.

@sethreynolds3704 3 ай бұрын

I bet they were fast af

@mykilbatsky2148 3 ай бұрын

There was a Lost World Jurassic Park game called Chaos Island that I had as a kid that is basically like and RTS of the movie and while they still spit venom, they made them the appropriate size as adults and made them in packs occasionally. I really appreciated that they did that, I loved that game.

@alicepalchetti9189 3 ай бұрын

I love this high detailed video!!!! thank you!!!!!

@mousemetal1679 4 ай бұрын

I´ve always assumed the dilophosaurus in JP 1 was a young individual.

@frocat5163 4 ай бұрын

It wasn't, though. Preproduction notes and artwork are clear that all the dilophosaurs were that size.

@rafexrafexowski4754 4 ай бұрын

@@frocat5163 We all know that the designers wanted these to be adults, but because at no point is there another Dilophosaurus on-screen (Dominion doesn't count, we only talk about the two good movies), we can, for the sake of canon and accuracy, assume that this is a subadult individual.

@peabrain6872 4 ай бұрын

@@rafexrafexowski4754but it just isnt

@frocat5163 4 ай бұрын

@@rafexrafexowski4754 You can assume the Earth is flat, too, but you'd be wrong. Just like you're wrong about this.

@Bagelgeuse 4 ай бұрын

@@frocat5163Stan Winston himself stated that the Dilo was a juvenile. It's just that later installments in the franchise forgot that and made them adults.

@vitsvoboda2803 4 ай бұрын

I cant agree with the title. The real life T. rex is much more terrifying than theJP one, thanks to its perfect sences, stealth, intelligence, agility and stamina, it can surprise you in the dark and no matter how fast you are, it will catch you because it can hold its max speed for long distances. Large feathered dromaeosaurs are also scarier than JP velociraptors, as they were probably nocturnal, stealth based predators. Just imagine a giant hawk with teeth and claws on its wings jumping on you from a tree at night, pinning you down with its claws and eating you alive. And I am not even going to talk about azdarchid pterosaurs.

@shadowsmith841 3 ай бұрын

No, Not really. T rex couldn't run more like a fast walk. The average human could indeed outrun and outlast it. A human wouldn't be worth the effort for such a large dinosaur. The JP Velociraptor is actually deinonychus. Also MUCH more threatening than a Velociraptor. One is the same size as a person and could easily chace and kill a person the other is a turkey with claws and teeth something a person could easily outwrestle while maybe getting a nasty scratch. I'd rather fight a Velociraptor than a Cassowary.

@vitsvoboda2803 3 ай бұрын

@@shadowsmith841 For a very hungry T. rex, human would be worth the effort, and tho its true that it wasnt very fast, keeping speed of about 14 km per hour (it could go faster for short distance) longer than a human shouldnt be a problem for it. The main danger would be juvenile to sub-adult rexes, being both faster and stronger than human. In the case of velociraptor, I forgot to say that I meant larger dromaesaurs closer in size to it, like achillobator, dakotaraptor, or utahraptor.

@Just_Naffa 3 ай бұрын

@@vitsvoboda2803it wouldnt a human would not be worth it especially with as people say high intelligent and size it spends more energy chasing a human in those 5 too 10 seconds then gaining them

@vitsvoboda2803 3 ай бұрын

@@Just_Naffa The main debate was if it can catch a human, not if it would. In my first comment I said that T. rex would be scarier because it would be stealthy. Surprise attack doesnt cost as much stamina, making even humans potential targets.

@Just_Naffa 3 ай бұрын

@@vitsvoboda2803 it wouldnt be nearly as stealthy in modern times even with the tools it has its a massive creature with nothing besides elephants coming even close too its size it doesnt have the advantage of having massive prey animals walking around covering for the sounds it does make its like a rat trying too fit in with ants it doesnt work unless in extreme situations.

@Keznen Ай бұрын

It's sad that many people don't know how Dilophosaurus really looked and acted. Thank you for bringing awareness to the truth about this super cool and severely underrated dinosaur.

@brianmsahin 3 ай бұрын

Great video! Just a question. Rather than strength of the forearms being the reason for lack of fractures, could lack of active use in hunting be another reason?

@jeremyjimenez8153 4 ай бұрын

I’ve always going with the theory that the Dilophosaurus in Jurassic Park was a juvenile

@johno1544 4 ай бұрын

In the novel it picks Nedry off the ground when it kills him.

@thebanana8150 3 ай бұрын

This video was necessary for a long time, since this dinosaur is totally underestimated due to hollywood. Thanks!

@Meevious 3 ай бұрын

Maybe it attacked by hammering its upper teeth downward into the prey, using its whole body to generate the power to immediately break through (or cut through, with an angled passing motion) tough or slippery skin. The crests would reinforce the skull in that direction, preventing the snout from cracking upward. This could be especially useful: - On parts of the animal such as the torso, which may have beene extremely difficult to assail with biting force, due to a combination of circumference and armour. - On animals with strong active defences, such as their own teeth and claws, which would be able to harm the Dilophosaurus while it attempted to execute a bite, making it much safer to attack with quick strikes, like a fencer.

@jessehutchings 4 ай бұрын

Definitely an underrated dinosaur and its roles in the JP novel were much bigger and scarier than the movie

@kuitaranheatmorus9932 4 ай бұрын

Dilophosaurus was a big theropod of its time, and I gladly have it as one of my favorite dinosaurs

@keepcalmlovedinosaurs8934 4 ай бұрын

You collect models? The company Haolonggood released a brilliant 2-piece set of Dilophosaurus in two different colours back in November.

@rubenalvarez6830 2 ай бұрын

Great content!!

@user-kg7qu8th7c 3 ай бұрын

I remember seeing the documentary from which you featured the scenes as a child.some time ago I searched it on the internet by I couldn't find it. What is it called and where did you find it?

@treystephens6166 4 ай бұрын

I’m a part time Dishwasher but I’d like to be a Pilot, Paleontologist or Parapsychologist.

@happypeckersfarm2461 4 ай бұрын

Don't let anything stop you. You can do it!!

@kristianmcdonald3815 2 ай бұрын

I'm a full time dishwasher and my dream is to be a part time dishwasher.

@YouGuessIGuess 4 ай бұрын

While the Jurassic Park dilophosaurus went "off script", its wild design reinforces the themes of not knowing what to expect when reviving extinct animals. Think of all the discoveries we've made about various dinosaurs since the early 90s.

@Flufux 3 ай бұрын

The venom-spitting was a fun idea for explaining the supposedly weaker bite scientists at the time thought Dilophosaurus had, though that was shot in the face when we more recently learned that it didn't have a weak bite at all...and thus had no need for venom. That said, who knows what kind of weird features or behaviours dilophosaurus and other dinosaurs had that weren't obvious in the fossil record?

@trolgeeeeee 3 ай бұрын

@@Flufuxalthough it was already in the novel which it's far more brutal how it works it basically well emagine feeling being stabbed on the eyes repeatedly by something but yeah it's an interesting creative decision done

@jamespike5161 3 ай бұрын

0:41 That’s the specimen at the Museum of Northern Arizona! I’ve seen it in person before; it’s humbling.

@nancyhope2205 8 күн бұрын

I love that you give us the full environment the animal lived in.❤

@iwishyouhappinnes1125 3 ай бұрын

The truth is the dilophosauras was actually a juvenile. If you listen to the scene in the first paddock you will notice the sound of a roar that was not used later on. Also in bonus behind the scenes Spielberg was talking that the one that attacked nedry was a juvenile

@Keznen Ай бұрын

That was until Jurassic World ruined it.

@barrybarlowe5640 4 ай бұрын

that odd arrangement of its snout would have allowed a very wide range of prey. If there was highly variable climate it would allow dilophosaurus to hook lung fish out of their hidey-hole in the dry season., for example. It also may have caught fish around Lake Dixie, especially when such were stranded during droughts. I suspect it was not a pack animal, but rather also competed even with its own kind as well as other predators for food. It hunted, fished scavenged and bullied its way through life.

@adamadams6740 3 ай бұрын

I love the Dilo,I live in AZ and camp a lot up where it used to romp around. I’ve never seen anything bone wise but there’s a couple places where there’s similar tracks that could be there’s.

@dermosquitor9984 3 ай бұрын

very good reserch this contains far more knowledge than most dokus:D

@girlbuu9403 3 ай бұрын

I always appreciate it when someone says "no evidence for" or "unlikely" instead of "this is absolutely a fact". Very few things are absolute when dealing with things that existed so long ago and what we think we know now may be upturned later. ... but it still didn't have that silly frill.

@jonezzzyyy6192 3 ай бұрын

It still blows my mind that giant lizards existed. I wish so bad I could see one in person.

@matyaskassay4346 3 ай бұрын

please don't call them that unless you're aiming to trigger every dinosaur enthusiast around you :))

@jonezzzyyy6192 3 ай бұрын

@@matyaskassay4346 lol 😝

@TheseBitchesWantNikes 2 ай бұрын

@@matyaskassay4346The theory that they are closer to birds has been heavily called into question in recent years.

@matyaskassay4346 2 ай бұрын

@@TheseBitchesWantNikes no it hasn't, lol. It just got even stronger if anything.

@raylopez99 3 ай бұрын

I got Dilophosaurus on my desk...as a scale model. Always wondered about that gap in the upper jaw and the adaptation for catching fish sounds plausible, even though it was not just a fish eater.

@Burnout_Blanco 3 ай бұрын

Great vid on my fav dino! I remember seeing Jurassic Park and thinking wow that must be a juvenile dilo but nope. Dominion still had them small unfortunately.

@AncientAnimalAtlas 3 ай бұрын

Very interesting video indeed!!

@stayhungry1503 4 ай бұрын

maybe the crests were for breaking through the forest when running like todays cassuary bird? and to protect the eyes.

@egay86292 4 ай бұрын

true, but loss of parallax for a predator?

@saladinbob 4 ай бұрын

Perhaps, if they were pack hunters, they operated as a pride, and this Dino in life got its injuries from fighting off for ownership of the females. It would be interesting to see certain mammalian social traits first being adopted by the Dinosaurs.

@Lou.B 3 ай бұрын

Fascinating! Thank You!!!

@thelewddwarf28 3 ай бұрын

You have a noble mission mate. Better than 90% of “educational” tv since 2000 too

@ravensthatflywiththenightm7319 4 ай бұрын

I will never forgive Spielberg and his cronies for turning Jurassic Park into a Disney Lite movie. The changes they made to the Dilophosaurus alone is unforgivable. Like can you believe the reasoning behind shrinking it down was because they thought audiences would mistake them for velociraptors? I was myopic as a kid and even I could tell the bloody difference between a ten-foot spindly monster with V-shaped crests from a 6 foot raptor! I understand audiences can be stupid but they're not that stupid.

@YouGuessIGuess 4 ай бұрын

Spielberg and the hundreds of people who worked hard to make the best dinosaur movie ever earned some artistic license. The movie and its novel never claimed to be documentaries.

@ravensthatflywiththenightm7319 3 ай бұрын

@@YouGuessIGuess I got no problems with the novel. It's the movie that's the issue. The novel was supposed to be horror. Spielberg turned it into a Disney adaptation in all but name. Perhaps before you go defending the honor of some Hollywood bigshot that did not ask you to, you should read the book he was supposed to be "adapting".

@YouGuessIGuess 3 ай бұрын

I read both of the book before the movie came out. I enjoy the differing approaches. Both are interesting and enjoyable in their own way. @@ravensthatflywiththenightm7319

@jessicooper8540 3 ай бұрын

they are that supid

@hiroshima19 3 ай бұрын

Dude didn't write this script because he can't pronounce the word "varied"

@yuma..x 8 күн бұрын

bro, no one cares if he wrote it or not. it's a video

@hiroshima19 8 күн бұрын

@@yuma..x there's audio with the video, numpty

@yuma..x 8 күн бұрын

@@hiroshima19 no shit Sherlock?? Your comment was about him not writing the script because he can't pronounce a word💀 of course it's gonna be audio

@hiroshima19 8 күн бұрын

@@yuma..x this may come as a surprise but video can come without audio, it was all the rage 100 years ago

@yuma..x 8 күн бұрын

@@hiroshima19First of all, you're talking about a WORD being PRONOUNCED which initiates the thoughts that there's audio or sound. Second, we're talking about THIS SPECIFIC VIDEO which, what do you know, HAS AUDIO.

@kmurphy5010 4 ай бұрын

Love this program!! Thank you for making it♥️

@nickjustice6340 3 ай бұрын

The Dilophosaurus has always been my favorite dinosaur and seeing this video makes me feel so vindicated. Unfortunately, the OG Jurassic Park movie rubbed the wrong way growing up because I always hated seeing the Dilophosaurus misrepresented. Thanks for spittin facts.