Crichton evidently also remembered that some frogs have difficulty in noticing motionless prey, and incorporated that into the vision of his Tyrannosaurus rex.Īs pointed out in comments by Hypnosifl and FuzzyBoots, book paleontologist Grant warns the others of the limitations of T. As an unintended consequence, the dinosaurs proved able to change sex under some circumstances, as happens with some living frogs. In the novel Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton makes the point that frog DNA was used to fill gaps in the genetic code where genuine dino DNA was missing. Had it been another book by another author it wouldn’t have registered but the fact that it’s Michael Crichton makes it weird to me. rex wouldn’t see a still person (the fact that even if it couldn’t see one - it would certainly smell one aside). rex had forward facing, binocular, vision and there was no scientific basis for saying a T. Given the incredible scientific depth of the rest of the book this sticks out as something very not scientific.ĭoes anyone know why he included it? Granted, it wasn’t until after the book was written that more in depth studies were done on the vision of dinosaurs but even at the time it was clear that the T. rex escapes it turns out that the not moving trope was featured in the book I frankly expected it to be a Hollywood only move. This made it odd that when I reached the iconic scene where the T. I’ve never read the actual book before now but for the most part and certainly based on the contents of the book thus far it is very clear the man had a knack for scientific depth.
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