"Compared to your big brothers, you're not so bad!"-Dennis Nedry
| Dilophosaurus | |
|---|---|
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| Name meaning | Two crested lizard |
| Code name | Spitter |
| Diet | Carnivore |
| Height | 6 ft |
| Length | 20 ft |
| Weight | half a ton |
| Birth Type | Unknown |
| Range | Isla Nublar Isla Sorna (seen on Mobile Lab Trailers Computers) |
| Novel appearances | Jurassic Park |
| Film appearances | Jurassic Park |
Dilophosaurus is a carnivorous dinosaur (specifically, a coelophysoid theropod) from the Early Jurassic period of Arizona. Unlike its movie counterpart, it did not have a frill, nor did it spit venom.
In Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park features a juvenile Dilophosaurus which made up for its small size with a waving frill, and a highly corrosive venom that temporarily blinded its prey, and eventually caused paralysis. (The adults feature in various factfiles and the like) While it is only seen in Jurassic Park, it has been on many different items of merchandise for The Lost World and Jurassic Park III. It is also depicted on the screensaver in the trailers in The Lost World, confirming its presence on Isla Sorna.
In the novels, it is far more accurate, not having the frill and appearing as an adult, but still spits venom. Interestingly, another coelophysoid theropod, Procompsognathus, is also venomous in the novels.
The frill and the ability to spit venom could be easily explained. As John Hammond's movie theatre explained, the dinosaurs had their DNA combined with the DNA of frogs, there's a possibility that Dilophosaurus's DNA was combined with the DNA of a frill lizard and a spitting cobra, along with or without the DNA of a frog.
In both the novel and film versions of Jurassic Park, a Dilophosaurus blinded and killed Dennis Nedry as he attempted to deliver stolen embryos to Dodgson's man on the boat at the East Dock. In the novels, he fared a much more gruesome death, he in fact held his intestines in hands before realizing where he'd been hit.
Jurassic Park 4
Many fans have called for the return of Dilophosaurus, and it is widely rumored that this long-missed species will make a return. Considering the amount of fans who want to see it again, it is almost impossable for it not to make a second debut.
In Operation Genesis
Seen in Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis as a two-star small carnivore, the game's dilophosaur shares all of the characteristics of the one in the movie, from the frill to the small stature (which would suggest that all of the dilophosaurs in the game are juveniles, though this makes little sense). It can spit venom at prey but does not, however, spit venom at the visitors, despite the spaces between the bars on the fence.