Re: So I was watching Jurassic Park III last night... (SPOILER ALERT!)

["Robert G. Tuck Jr." <tuckr@digital.net>]

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>One of the
> best things the JP series had going for it was at least the attempt to
base
> its dinosaurs on paleontology rather than simply the imaginations of the
> animators (as in older dino-flicks).  I hope they don't do too much more
of
> this in possible future iterations.

Point taken. However, I personally find it a bit too convenient that every
mosquito-borne bit of genetic material just happened to have come from a
specimen of a *known* taxon.

> _Thaumatoraptor  nublarensis_

!?!

> *And of course the dangers of trying to get some serious measurements of
> thermoregulation...

With Gary Larson lugging a giant thermometer, of course.

-= Tuck =-