Author: Huang Gui
The fifth extinction of biological organisms in the history of the earth , an asteroid brought heavy damage to the earth and erased the dinosaurs that had long-term united front on the earth from the earth. 65 million years ago, dinosaurs ruled the earth for more than 100 million years. They have different shapes and variety of diversity . Through modern scientific and technological means, we can learn about some dinosaurs' living habits, shapes, body structures and other aspects from fossil specimens, and restore the authenticity of dinosaurs.
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The real dinosaur image is completely different from the dinosaur image in movies and TV
People's impression of dinosaurs is established in movies and TV books. Modern graphics technology is quite developed, and it can even create a scene that is realistic from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, almost achieving the effect of "calculating true by falsehood", giving people the feeling of being immersive, but this will have a negative impact: if there is a deviation in the description of dinosaurs in movies and TV shows, it will cause people to have a wrong understanding of dinosaurs, and this perception is deeply rooted.
The image of dinosaurs built in people's minds is very different from the real dinosaurs in prehistoric life, the most representative of which is - feathers.
In the past few decades, paleontologists have achieved significant results in the study of ancient organisms, but unfortunately film and television have not kept up with the progress of research.
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In 2009, the "China Science Bulletin" published a research paper on the near-bird dragon by paleontologists Xu Xing and his team, and the title is: "A new feathered dinosaur fossil fills the morphological gap between hand-stealed dinosaurs in the origin of flight."
In 2009, Nature published a research paper on the Near-Bird Dragons by Hu Dongyu's team and others, titled: "A kind of theorthodosaur from China that predated the Archaeopterae has long feathers on the metatarsal bones."
uses laser-induced fluorescence imaging technology to laser irradiate fossil specimens of the Neizoosaur to obtain detailed profiles. The analysis results show that the Neizoosaur from the Jurassic is similar to a mixture of pigeons and chickens.
After restoring the fossil skeleton, the bird dragon has besides its beak and claws. In addition to the small area without feathers, the whole body is covered with feathers. The forelimbs are very long and claws, with webbed lower limbs and scales. The long tail is colorful feathers. The dinosaurs covered with feathers all over the body look even more mysterious and weird.
Heshi Near-Bird Dragon is one of the earliest dinosaurs with feathers, 15 million years earlier than Archaeoptera ; Heshi Near-Bird Dragon lived 160 million years ago, and the feathers earlier than it were Ningcheng Shuxilong and Hu Yaolong 165 million years ago, 5 million years earlier than Heshi Near-Bird Dragon.
Animal world flying animals, such as dragonflies and damselfly and , most flying animals use two wings to fly. What puzzles scientists is whether the near-bird dragon with four wings uses the forelimbs to fly or the four wings to cooperate with the flight remains to be verified by scientists.
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Video Dragon, a classic character in the dinosaur movie series. People's impression of Voyager is: it is about the same height as that of a human, has a small body shape, has long forelimbs with sharp claws, has flexible movements and is very ferocious in appearance; this seems to be the "looking" that Voyager should have, so that it is worthy of the name Voyager.
The real velociraptor is very different from the descriptions in film and television. Paleontologists can use a simple metaphor to make us realize the deviation of the image - if we stand among a group of velociraptors, you will feel that you are surrounded by a group of " prehistoric chickens" as big as turkey , not surrounded by a group of prehistoric lizards.
This metaphor fully illustrates the difference between the real velociraptor and the film and television - the real velociraptor is a creature covered with feathers like birds, not a lizard-like creature in the film and television with a naked body like a human.
Perhaps this example has broken the image of the velociraptor in people's minds, but the velociraptors who lived in the Jurassic period did look like this.
Through the above two cases, we can know that some dinosaurs have feathers, which are very different from the dinosaur images in movies and TV shows, but the fact that dinosaurs do look like this is irreversible.
Why do dinosaurs in movies and TV have no feathers?
Decades ago, the research on dinosaurs was not thorough enough at that time. People wanted to create an impressive dinosaur image through movies. After all, dinosaurs with feathers would look very strange and without shock, and they did not have that "domineering" feeling, so they gave up their feathers and used their naked body to create a daunting dinosaur. So the two classic protagonists, Velociraptor and Tyrannosaurus Rex , were born.
These two classic characters have become a kind of dinosaur culture. Perhaps out of cultural habits, the dinosaur series of films and TV series have always used the image of a naked dinosaur.
In the past few decades, there have been major breakthroughs in the research of dinosaurs, refreshing our understanding of dinosaurs. A considerable number of species are covered with feathers, even those without feathers:
- Do their skin have patterns?
- What color does their skin have?
The above two points are not yet clear, but the color of their skin is designed to be light gray and light green in films and TV series and books. What is the real dinosaur skin color still to be verified.
Film and television films are an art, not a real documentary. It is understandable to design dinosaurs into eye-catching images. After all, the investment in movies is huge, and it is impossible to risk failure to create the image of dinosaurs in order to pursue authenticity. The image of feathers covering the body not only does not attract attention, but also makes people feel a very ordinary feeling.
The way of eating in the film and television is different from the authenticity of the Tyrannosaurus Rex
Tyrannosaurus Rex, the standard configuration in the dinosaur movie series, it is a very likable character. They do exist in reality, but the number of Tyrannosaurus Rex is very small, and the height ratio is not as described in the film and television. The probability of being able to encounter a huge Tyrannosaurus Rex is very small. Because the dinosaurs living in the Jurassic period have diverse species, most dinosaurs are generally small in size, very flexible in movement, and move very quickly, and are very sensitive to the outside world. They will run around when there is any movement, so there are very few opportunities to meet Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Secondly, the film and television producers are already trying their best to pursue the authenticity of history. After all, the producers are not professional experts in dinosaur research. Because the time between them is too long, many aspects can only be completed by speculation. The producers' inferences are speculative, so some plots in the film and television are only guessed by the producers themselves - the way of eating Tyrannosaurus Rex.
In the film and television, the way Tyrannosaurus Rex eats is called "inertial penetration". When the Tyrannosaurus Rex bit the prey, it will swing the prey back and forth very hard, then throw the prey for about 3 meters. When the prey falls, it uses the falling inertia to pierce its prey on its teeth, and then tear the prey to pieces.
Tyrannosaurus Rex feeding is very picturesque and largely shows the fierce side of Tyrannosaurus Rex. This is an example of the film and television producers doing their best to pursue the authenticity of history, because the producers inferred from the fact that the muscles of the Tyrannosaurus rex are extremely developed in their necks.
Huang Gui·Conclusion
There are too many details that need to be compensated between real dinosaurs and conjectures. The species of dinosaurs, such as paleozoos, are really rich. They have ruled the earth for more than 100 million years. The dinosaurs evolved in these 100 million years are diverse. The mid-sea swimming, flying in the sky, etc. have all existed. However, our understanding of them is far from enough at present, but the fact that there are too many differences between reality and film and television is proven.
