Revealed in 2013 by a prestigious entomologist, this significant information about the mosquito in “Jurassic Park” is likely to completely break the magic of the film.
Jurassic Park may be one of the most popular films of Steven Spielberg’s career, but the famous blockbuster which recently celebrated its 30th anniversary is not 100% perfect. While our Faux Raccord experts had already been able to note the hand of a technician placed on the back of a raptor, in the legendary kitchen scene, another much more important error was also noted by an insect specialist.
Remember that in the feature film, in order to give birth to his dinosaurs, the billionaire John Hammond had recovered the blood of their ancestors inside a mosquito fossilized in amber several million years ago, and the had combined with amphibian DNA.
A scenario that the most picky spectators already considered far-fetched, given that the mosquito’s blood could not have been kept intact for that long.
But even if it were possible, John Hammond would never have succeeded in obtaining his dinosaurs with the mosquito in question. Indeed, as the prestigious entomologist Joe Conlon revealed in 2013, the specimen that we observe at the top of the billionaire’s cane could not have done the trick:
“[Les moustiques] have existed for approximately 170 million years.declared the scientist, interviewed by Business Insider. “Unfortunately, the species depicted in Jurassic Park – the Toxorhynchites rutilus – does not feed on blood. In fact, it is the only type of mosquito that does not.”
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But the error of the teams who chose this specific mosquito to appear in Spielberg’s film does not end there. Indeed, according to the fansite Jurassic Park Wiki, not only does the insect in question belong to the only species that does not sting, but it would also be a male, as evidenced by its downy antennae. However, we know that among mosquitoes, only females suck the blood of other animals.
In summary, with the mosquito that we see in the head of John Hammond’s cane, the Jurassic Park teams didn’t have a shadow of a chance of recreating dinos!
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