Jurassic Park is often credited with sparking renewed scientific and pop culture interest in dinosaurs. And while the visual effects of the film certainly hold up, paleontologists now largely agree that the way the dinosaurs looked in the film probably isn’t accurate. (It’s worth noting, though, that the animatronics for Jurassic Park were based on generally accepted models, at the time, of what these extinct animals may have looked like.)
We’ll never know with 100% certainty what all dinosaurs looked and acted like; however, we can take educated guesses based on new evidence and form reasonable hypotheses from there. Let’s take a look at the answers the scientific community has recently given to some of the most common questions about dinosaurs!
Questions about Dinosaurs You Always Wanted to Ask
IMAGE CREDIT: LEAPING LAELAPS BY CHARLES R. KNIGHT (1897).