Welcome to Cretaceous Park!
this post was submitted on 28 Nov 2025
489 points (98.2% liked)
Science Memes
17598 readers
1537 users here now
Welcome to c/science_memes @ Mander.xyz!
A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.
Rules
- Don't throw mud. Behave like an intellectual and remember the human.
- Keep it rooted (on topic).
- No spam.
- Infographics welcome, get schooled.
This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.
Research Committee
Other Mander Communities
Science and Research
Biology and Life Sciences
- !abiogenesis@mander.xyz
- !animal-behavior@mander.xyz
- !anthropology@mander.xyz
- !arachnology@mander.xyz
- !balconygardening@slrpnk.net
- !biodiversity@mander.xyz
- !biology@mander.xyz
- !biophysics@mander.xyz
- !botany@mander.xyz
- !ecology@mander.xyz
- !entomology@mander.xyz
- !fermentation@mander.xyz
- !herpetology@mander.xyz
- !houseplants@mander.xyz
- !medicine@mander.xyz
- !microscopy@mander.xyz
- !mycology@mander.xyz
- !nudibranchs@mander.xyz
- !nutrition@mander.xyz
- !palaeoecology@mander.xyz
- !palaeontology@mander.xyz
- !photosynthesis@mander.xyz
- !plantid@mander.xyz
- !plants@mander.xyz
- !reptiles and amphibians@mander.xyz
Physical Sciences
- !astronomy@mander.xyz
- !chemistry@mander.xyz
- !earthscience@mander.xyz
- !geography@mander.xyz
- !geospatial@mander.xyz
- !nuclear@mander.xyz
- !physics@mander.xyz
- !quantum-computing@mander.xyz
- !spectroscopy@mander.xyz
Humanities and Social Sciences
Practical and Applied Sciences
- !exercise-and sports-science@mander.xyz
- !gardening@mander.xyz
- !self sufficiency@mander.xyz
- !soilscience@slrpnk.net
- !terrariums@mander.xyz
- !timelapse@mander.xyz
Memes
Miscellaneous
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Doesn't quite have the ring to it.
I think it would, if that was what they named the book and movie.
COME TO THE MESOZOIC MEGAPOLIS!
Billy and the Cloneasaurus
We spared many expenses. Mainly IT and personnel expenses.
It's named that way because of the raptor intelligence. "Can this raptor open doors?" "You bet jurassican"
Daaad!
We really won't talk about those "velociraptors"? The annoying kid at the beginning of the movie was the only one to get their description surprisingly accurate when he said they looked like a 2m turkey.
Also, wrong continent for Velociraptors (they were in Hell Creek Montana/South Dakota). Velociraptors are found in China/Mongolia.
Deinonychus or UtahRaptors are the right size and continent, but don't sound as cool as "Velociraptor"
I mean, I don't think the film says that they stuck to cloning local dinos.
I'm referring to the beginning of the first movie where Grant discovers a Velociraptor, while being in South Dakota.
Ah. Been many moons since I watched it.
But a very smart one!
I thought that they were a little smaller too
And most likely it's because of that movie that regular people know a Cretaceous even existed and what animals where there. It did kick the field and public interest into high gear.
It absolutely did for me! I know I enjoy dinosaurs because of that movie alone. The awe, the wonder of what could be. It was a glorious time to rent it from Blockbuster and have a family night watching all these movie hits.
You aren't suggesting that not every child has a dinosaur fixation somewhere from ages 2-10?
Don’t be pedantic. They picked the name because it sounded cool and got the point across.
It's a pun on "electric park", which is what amusement parks were called when electricity was still a new thing.
that is a perfect TIL.
thanks
Cropped off the final text because fuck everyone that's why
They had to get rid of the credit, the text was collateral cropping
The name itself was foreshadowing of their ignorance.
iirc John Hammond covers this in the book. I was so young, but something is triggering it for me. Could just be the subconscious trying to protect grade 4 nostalgia, though.
Hell, I could've picked that up off playing Jurassic World Evolutions in the last six months and it's backpedal lore.
Whatever it is, Michael Crichton was no idiot.
Yeah he talks pretty openly about it being a marketing term, and the scientists later criticise the accuracy too.
What if Neil deGrasse Tyson was a paleontologist
Your personal paleontologist.
The Huge Animals of Various Geological Periods Park.
Username checks out
Dino Land!