Everyone has a favourite dinosaur, Including
me!
You know that dinosaur from the first Jurassic
park that looks super cute, but then whips
out its huge frill and then projectile-spits
acid saliva at nedry?
Yeah, that’s dilophosaurus, and its my favourite.
Don’t ask me why, maybe I secretly wish
I could spit acid at people.
Dilophosaurus went extinct around 190 million
years ago.
But what if, somehow, dilophosaurus didn’t
go extinct and lived on all the way until
modern day?
That’s what we’re going to talk about,
right now on life’s biggest questions.
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Firstly, I should start this topic by saying
that there is no conclusive evidence that
any dinosaur had poisonous saliva, and there
wasn’t any evidence at the time the movie
was produced either.
Which is super upsetting, I know, but for
the sake of this video, we are going to assume
that dilophosaurus did have acid saliva because,
its my video and I can do whatever the hell
I want.
Kay?
Plus, Its not like we can ask one, do you
have acid spit, in case you forgot, dilophosaurus
is extinct, and has been extinct since 190
million years ago.
And there is some speculation that it may
have used venom to kill its victims because
its fangs resembled that of a rattlesnake.
Alright so, where was I, Dilophosaurus, despite
its small size in the film Jurassic park,
was actually one of the largest carnivores
of the early Jurassic period.
It was believed to be about 7 meters in length,
weighing 880 pounds.
It probably didn’t have a gigantic frill
in real life, but it did have two thin crests
of bones on the top of its head that it used
for mating displays.
That’s actually how dilophosaurus got its
name, its genus means two crested lizard.
It also had a long tail that it could have
used as a whip in a fight.
Dilophosaurus could travel around extremely
quickly, it was light on its feet and used
scent as a part of its hunting technique.
That being said, most experts agree that dilophosaurus
couldn’t jump very high.
Its believed that they hunted in small packs.
Perhaps one of the most interesting facts
about dilophosaurus is that it may have had
a warm blooded metabolism, like mammals and
of course, humans.
So, first of all, Because dilophosaurus had
a warm blooded metabolism, its habitat wouldn’t
be restricted to tropical areas.
Which would mean absolute ecological chaos.
Think about how many animals would be eaten
by dilophosaurus.
They would essentially eat anything they could
find, even huge animals like bears.
Maybe this would mean that the world would
be incredibly populated with dilophosauruses,
and the only way other animals could survive
on earth is if they lived in trees.
As I stated previously, most experts agree
that dilophosaurus could not jump very high.
Perhaps early human civilizations would have
resembled that of the Korowai aboriginals
on the island of papa new guinea.
The korowai people live in elaborate treehouse
communities.
For the majority of history, humans would
have been tree dwellers, perhaps we would
have maintained our ability to climb trees
like our ape relatives, all to get away from
the hungry dilophosauri on the ground.
Of course, if dilophosaurus did overpopulate
the earth and humans had to live amongst them,
they would probably become an integral part
of our diet.
Fast forward to modern day, and humans would
find ways to live on the ground.
Buildings would be made of tough materials,
or maybe humans would live underground or
in suspended cities.
If humans ever entered their habitat, they
would need to remain in vehicles that protected
the people inside from both the acid spit,
as well as dilophosaurus’ sharp teeth.
As we learned in Jurassic park, getting out
of these vehicles in the presence of dilophosaurus
would be a terrible idea, and would almost
certainly end in death.
Thankfully, dilophosaurus hasn’t been around
for many millions of years.
It would probably be pretty difficult for
humans to coexist with them.
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