Jurassic Birds
What if Jurassic Park had been made with the full knowledge that birds are dinosaurs,
but without the CGI and the animatronics, instead having to rely on old-fashioned matte
shots and miniatures, and they just substituted real birds for the dinosaurs?
![Digitally painted reproduction of of a frame from Jurassic Park, with a giant flamingo instead of the brachiosaurus.](jurassic_birds_01.jpg)
"That's a dinobird!"
![Digitally painted reproduction of of a frame from Jurassic Park, but with giant flamingoes and tufted ducks instead of dinosaurs.](jurassic_birds_02.jpg)
"They're moving in flocks. They do move in flocks!"
"What species is this?"
"Uh, it's a C. monedula"
"You bred corvids?"
![Digitally painted reproduction of of a frame from Jurassic Park, but with a rhinoceros hornbill instead of a triceratops.](jurassic_birds_04.jpg)
"This one was always my favourite when I was a kid. And now I've seen one, it's the most beautiful thing I ever saw."
![Digitally painted reproduction of of a frame from Jurassic Park, but instead of the T-Rex eating the goat, it's a giant pelican.'](jurassic_birds_05.jpg)
"Where's the goat?"
![Digitally painted reproduction of of a frame from Jurassic Park, except instead of a T-Rex breaking out of the pen, it's a giant pelican.'](jurassic_birds_06.jpg)
"GOAAR!!!"
![Digitally painted reproduction of of a frame from Jurassic Park, except instead of a T-Rex trying to eat the tour car, it's a giant pelican.'](jurassic_birds_07.jpg)
*Crunch*
![Digitally painted reproduction of of a frame from Jurassic Park, but instead of waving the emergency torch at a rampaging T-Rex, Alan is waving it at a giant pelican.](jurassic_birds_08.jpg)
"Hey!"
"Grraap?"
"Uh, nice girl. Nice girl. Nice dinobird."
![Digitally painted reproduction of of a frame from Jurassic Park, but instead of a dilophosaurus attacking Nedry, it's an angry giant cockatoo.'](jurassic_birds_10.jpg)
"SQUAAWK!!!."
![Digitally painted reproduction of of a frame from Jurassic Park, but instead of a T-rex being shown in the rear view mirror, it's the gaping maw of a giant pelian.'](jurassic_birds_11.jpg)
"Must go faster!"
![Digitally painted reproduction of of a frame from Jurassic Park, but instead of a brachiosaurus, it's a giant flamingo.'](jurassic_birds_12.jpg)
"It's a veggiebird, Lex! A veggiebird!"
(Not really, but don't tell her that)
"Gal, uh, uh, gall... Gallus gallus!"
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"They're flocking in this direction!"
![Digitally painted reproduction of of a frame from Jurassic Park, but instead of a T-rex eating a gallimimus, it's a giant pelican eating a rooster.'](jurassic_birds_14.jpg)
"Look how it eats. I bet you'll never look at birds the same way again."
![Digitally painted reproduction of of a frame from Jurassic Park, except instead of a velociraptor peeking out of the bushes, it's a giant jackdaw.'](jurassic_birds_15.jpg)
"Clever boy!"
![Digitally painted reproduction of of a frame from Jurassic Park, but instead of a velociraptor peeking through the kitchen window, it's a giant jackdaw.](jurassic_birds_16.jpg)
Puff, caw, stare.
![Digitally painted reproduction of of a frame from Jurassic Park, but instead of velociraptors in the kitchen, it's giant jackdaws.'](jurassic_birds_17.jpg)
Clink, caw, hop.
![Digitally painted reproduction of of a frame from Jurassic Park, but instead of a velociraptor threatening the heroes in the visitor centre, it's a gaint jackdaw.'](jurassic_birds_18.jpg)
Making a mess in the visitor centre. Caw caw.
![Digitally painted reproduction of of a frame from Jurassic Park, but instead of a T-Rex doing the T-Rex thing in the visitor centre, it's a giant pelican. The falling banner also says 'dinobirds' instead of dinosaurs.'](jurassic_birds_19.jpg)
When dinobirds ruled the Earth.
Jurassic Birds Bonus
Slightly less inaccurate Jurassic Park. With apologies to actual paleoartists.
![Digitally painted reproduction of of a frame from Jurassic Park, but instead of movie monster velociraptors in the kitchen, it's smaller, fully feathered ones.'](jurassic_birds_bonus_1.jpg)
Velociraptors in the kitchen.
![Digitally painted reproduction of of a frame from Jurassic Park, but instead of a movie monster velociraptor threatening the heroes in the visitor centre, it's a fully feathered Deinonychus.'](jurassic_birds_bonus_2.jpg)
Deinonychus in the visitor centre.