Jurassic Park is a movie that introduces various scientific ideas. However, there is a logic error that raises eyebrows among real scientists.
The idea of Jurassic Park is not without danger. Extinct dinosaurs are revived and kept in an amusement park. But what if they manage to escape and wreak havoc in the outside world?
It is unimaginable what would happen if the dinosaurs were unleashed on humans uncontrolled. To prevent this, Dr. Henry Wu in the film devised a method to prevent this scenario. He added a gene to the dinos that prevents the production of the amino acid lysine in their bodies.
However, they need this to survive and are supplied with it by the scientists in the park. In case of an outbreak, the dinos would be without lysine and would die. Sounds like a good plan? Well, in reality, it would look a bit different. Moreover, this plan makes no sense from a scientific point of view.
Here you can see the trailer for the 3D version of the movie:
Real researchers roll their eyes
Why is the plan nonsense? In this movie full of little details, there are indeed a few mistakes. The amino acid lysine is actually very important for animals and humans; however, they are not able to produce it themselves in their bodies. What is prevented in Jurassic Park through genetic manipulation cannot happen naturally anyway.
Instead, living beings obtain lysine through food. The amino acid is found in all kinds of food, from vegetables to fruits to meat. In other words: the dinosaurs could escape from the park and wonderfully continue to survive in the outside world by feeding on plants, other animals, and yes, even humans.
Real scientists like Ben Lamm from the company Colossal are annoyed by this small but significant mistake. Lamm is researching the revival of mammoths with his biotech company and is frustrated by such film errors.
This idea is problematic. Unlike in the movie, we do not intend to create dependencies in the animals we revive. Instead, we are working to reintroduce species that will be able to survive on their own.
Ben Lamm via screenrant.com
Another mistake from the movie causes rolling eyes among scientists like him. However, most viewers probably did not notice these logical gaps.
Whether Lamm and his team will succeed in trying to bring the mammoths back into our world remains to be seen. Jurassic Park can still be enjoyed as a successful entertainment film despite this mistake. By the way, other well-known films are not free of errors either: 5 movie mistakes in Hollywood films that you can use to annoy your friends
