Dinosaurs have changed since we were children. Having a four-year-old son means that I've only recently delved into the world of these prehistoric beasts, much to the delight of my inner child and the dismay of my wife. I am here to tell you that we have been lied to. Not on purpose, of course. But it turns out scientists just didn't have all the facts when the '90s kid was busy growing up on Jurassic Park.

If you happen to be one of those kids, you'll probably be a little surprised to learn that the T-rex wasn't, as Steven Spielberg would have us believe, completely covered in scales, but at least it had some feathers. More specifically, how The New York Times reported in 2019, the T-rex is now thought to have had patches of "show" feathers. What's more, still in 2007, a study confirmed for the first time that Velociraptors were also feathered dinosaurs, with scientists noting "clear indications of feather knobs," or "places where the quills of secondary feathers, the flight or wing feathers of modern birds, were anchored to bone by ligaments."

So, at least in the case of raptors, those reptilian beasts that graced our lunchboxes and lined our toy shelves weren't actually all that scientifically accurate in terms of their outward appearance. Neither is Steven Spielberg's seminal dino action adventure. "Jurassic Park" may have changed movies foreverbut his performance of velociraptors in particular is outdated in 2024. (Actually, The raptors in Jurassic Park have never been so real (even when the film debuted in 1993.)

Not that any of this matters. The film remains one of the greatest action adventure films of the 20th century, and the specific physiognomy of the raptors does not detract from the film's relentless pace, top-notch CGI and overall Pilbergian mastery. But for those wondering what a scientifically accurate "Jurassic Park" would look like, of course, there's the internet, which has now given us a glimpse of what the film could be if it were based on more recent archaeological findings.

YouTuber CoolioArt took the liberty of playing with Steven Spielberg's classic by rendering 3D models of feathered velociraptors and inserting them into the film. More specifically, the VFX artist used 3D graphics software Blender to create accurate 3D models of the dinosaurs known as Deinonychus, which served as the true inspiration behind the "raptors" in "Jurassic Park." The real Velociraptors were actually much smaller, reaching the size of a large chicken or fox, but Spielberg and company took their inspiration from the much larger Deinonychus when crafting the look of the film's raptors.

Thanks to CoolioArt, who posted his latest creation on Twitter/X, we can now see what it would look like if the Jurassic Park cast were menaced by an accurately rendered Deinonychus during the climactic scene in the park's crumbling welcome center. on the greatest moments in "Jurassic Park".

I did it again!

Jurassic park with precision raptors short part 2#jurassicpark #blender3d pic.twitter.com/LKyGsNiLBa

— CoolioArt (@Coolio_Art) January 5, 2025

It follows before video by the VFX artist, who also added his scientifically accurate 'rappers' to the the famous kitchen scene (which was even more dangerous than it looked)where Lex (Ariana Richards) and Tim Murphy (Joseph Mazzello) are hunted by a dino before being trapped in a freezer.

Jurassic Park with SCIENTIFICALLY ACCURATE Raptors!

(Full video linked below)#jurassicpark #jurassicworld pic.twitter.com/2nHdZ6NiO6

— CoolioArt (@Coolio_Art) December 24, 2024

For those interested, CoolioArt also strongly hints that an accurate model of the T-rex is forthcoming.

Did we need a scientifically accurate representation of Deinonychus in "Jurassic Park". Of course not. Is it neat to see what such a thing would look like? Of course. That should really be the end of it, but this is the internet, and CoolioArt has sparked a variety of responses with his recent videos, from users praising the creator for doing "work that the studio should have already done" to those calling it a problem for over "feathering" of Coolio's 3D models. Then, of course, there's the hotly debated topic of whether the movie's dinosaurs are even accurate in the first place, since they're all technically hybrids.

Other users have debated whether the newly modeled Raptors are more or less terrifying than the original versions. While there's no doubt that the skull heads of these 3D models are sinister in their own way, their inherent fluffiness is inevitably less terrifying than the scaly beasts of Steven Spielberg's original vision—which is kind of important given the predator. the scenes in "Jurassic Park" are some of the scariest in the movie.

However, regardless of what users had to say, Coolio noted that the videos managed to get the term "Deinonychus" trending. It's all kind of cool and interesting, and certainly not worth the effort to comment — as one Twitter/X user did — “The movie is great as it is. Deal with him.''