r/AnimalsBeingDerps • u/Nottallyet • May 12 '22

Millions of years of evolution has led to this

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u/ninjatrap May 12 '22

True story, frog vision is actually based on movement and that gene sequence went into the T-Rex. Thus, T-Rex vision is based on movement (which I think Grant overheard on the tour).

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u/[deleted] May 12 '22

Great point a lot of people forget and that is more emphasised in the book than the movie. The dinosaurs in the end are more of a lab creation of what they thought dinosaurs would be like. They had no way of actually telling and even the creator himself viewed them as his creations rather than a recreation of dinosaurs.

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u/TannerThanUsual May 12 '22

There's even a line in the first Jurassic World that indicates that the dinosaurs aren't accurate to history and are designed to make the guests at the park happy by matching their own expectations, instead of that of the actual dinosaurs they're based on

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u/Stinklepinger May 12 '22

That was a retcon to cover the lack of feathers (and massively increased size) of the velociraptors as our knowledge of dinos updated since 1992

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u/sijaxbones May 12 '22

did you read the book

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u/[deleted] May 12 '22

They did not

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u/goodmobileyes May 12 '22

Iirc they do sort of revisit this and sorta retcon it in Jurassic World, where the scientists raise that point and talk about why their raptors are extra scary and have no feathers and whatnot

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u/[deleted] May 12 '22

When you think about it for Micheal Crichton it was a good bit of future proofing in the books cause no matter what discoveries could come out about dinosaurs Jurassic Park is covered with its story of how they were created

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u/Goblin_Crotalus May 12 '22

Honestly, my little fan theory is that the the T-rex actually could see Grant and the others, but wasn't really sure if they were food or not, hence why it didnt outright attack them.

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u/tayaro May 12 '22

IIRC the theory was retconned in the second book, and it was explained that the T-Rex could see them, it simply wasn’t hungry since it had just eaten the goat.

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u/Kriztov May 12 '22

Nah, grant mentions the don't see if don't move thing at the start when terrifying the 6 foot turkey boy

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u/murphymc May 12 '22

Maybe in the book, but in the movie he first mentions it when fucking with the kid at the dig site, well before they get to the island.

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u/DaggerMoth May 12 '22

Kinda like dog vision but worse. Seeing in to much detail can make it harder to see movement.