For more than 30 years, Jurassic Park has been completely wrong about this detail, which nevertheless marked the cinema

We are in the middle of Jurassic Park. Cars carrying the first visitors to the island stopped briefly at the Tyrannosaurus Rex enclosures. During the rain, Alan Grant, Ian Malcolm, Donald Gennaro, Lex and Tim look anxiously at the electric barriers. The goat that was supposed to bait the monster has disappeared and the cables start to fall one after the other.

Suddenly, after more than an hour of wishing, a T-Rex appears on the screen, takes a few earth-shattering steps and emits a roar that immediately registers in the cinema. But this legendary cry, which no viewer could forget, has absolutely nothing to do with reality.

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Very serious scientific research

Indeed, as recently recalled An article from our colleagues at SensacineAnd as also explained Paper from ScienceNorway.no website In January of last year, it is quite difficult to determine what the sound produced by T-Rexes sounded like millions of years ago. In any case, it seems clear that these terrible predators did not roar at all, as in the film of Steven Spielberg.

as we understand it Video from the Dinosaur Discovery Youtube channelAmerican researchers tried to reproduce a sound that could be closer to the real result:

“They used what we know about the T-Rex skeleton and compared it to the skeletons of crocodiles and birds.”Paleontologist Aubrey Jane Roberts explained.

The real cry of a T-Rex

“Using the sounds of a Chinese alligator and a Eurasian bittern, they discovered the ‘voice’ of a tyrannosaurus. While it’s probably not a ‘real’ sound, it’s probably closer to what you’d hear in Jurassic Park.”

You can hear the (terrible) result in the video above (starting at 05:27).

As for the unforgettable roar that shook cinemas in 1993, as true fans of Spielberg’s film probably already know, it was created by the brilliant sound engineer Gary Rydstrom by combining several animal cries. When you hear a T-Rex rocking on Isla Nublar, you’re actually listening to the mixed cries of a lion, alligator, and baby elephant.

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