About this episode

This episode discusses the fictional portrayal of Dilophosaurus in 'Jurassic Park' and the real-life facts about the dinosaur.

OK, we're almost sure the answer is no. But there was a fossil-based reason that 'Jurassic Park' included this detail. Learn about the real-life Dilophosaurus in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/dinosaurs/dilophosaurus.htm See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: BrainStuff

Topics covered

• dinosaurs
• paleontology
• Jurassic Park
• Dilophosaurus
• science
• myth vs reality

Keywords

• Dilophosaurus
• Jurassic Park
• dinosaurs
• paleontology
• science
• fossils
• myth
• reality

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Books & works: Jurassic Park

Places: Dilophosaurus

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