Zookeepers Are Recreating The Raptor-Training Scene From ‘Jurassic World’ Because They’re All Loveable Dorks
"STAND DOWN, FIERCE BEASTS!" the heroic zookeeper bellows at the fearsome chickens.
Ever since the gloriously stupid trailer for the gloriously stupid Jurassic World dropped in April, the internet has been a slightly more tolerable place to spend one’s time, if only for the blessed convergence of Hot Andy and poorly-rendered CGI dinosaurs that is now so easily accessible. Jurassic Kittens, childhood remakes of the original, Polish dudebros pranking Chris Pratt — all are magnificent, but none quite reach the wondrous, boneheaded heights of that scene where Trainer Man wrangles three bloodthirsty Velociraptor like Steve Irwin’s buff cousin.
That scene, for obvious reasons, is a fan favourite — it should’ve ended with Chris Pratt being nonchalantly disembowelled and eaten, but you can’t have everything in life. People like it so much that, in fits of childlike wonderment, zookeepers everywhere are recreating it using slightly less threatening animals. It is absolutely adorable.
@GreensboroSC #Jurassiczookeeper Stand down! pic.twitter.com/khbdQ894qm
— Audrey Niemeyer ⚓ (@Niemer11) June 17, 2015
@michelledeidre This is the only other I've seen so far, found on tumblr. pic.twitter.com/VtV07oyH7c
— Crunch Buttsteak (@Kyoteklaw) June 17, 2015
Who needs #RaptorSquad when you have Veloci-otters? #OtterSquad #JurassicZoo pic.twitter.com/M0zr7BvI9I
— Georgia Aquarium (@GeorgiaAquarium) June 17, 2015
“STAND DOWN, FIERCE BEASTS!” the heroic zookeeper bellows at the fearsome chickens. “YOU WILL TASTE NO MANFLESH THIS DAY.”
Zookeepers around the world are re-creating this scene from Jurassic World. Don't our pigs look fierce? #JurassicZoo pic.twitter.com/VioSIskRXT
— Auckland Zoo (@aucklandzoo) June 18, 2015
Be it penguins or velociraptors, zookeeping is hard work. #JurassicWorld #Prattkeeping #RaptorSquad #CleverGirls pic.twitter.com/dB0XJdgIlv
— Woodland Park Zoo (@woodlandparkzoo) June 17, 2015
Wendy & the cranes #JurassicWorld #Prattkeeping #RaptorSquad #JurassicZoo #ZoorassicWorld pic.twitter.com/VJTDYoRfSD
— Cincinnati Zoo (@CincinnatiZoo) June 18, 2015
“Mum! Look, I’m — I’m doing the thing from the movie! Mum! You’re not watching!”
We're not content letting zookeepers have all the fun. @jill_letteney @HarvardMuseum #RaptorSquad #JurasicWorld pic.twitter.com/secwsTmhg0
— Harvard Museums (@HarvardMuseums) June 18, 2015
MOOOOOve over @prattprattpratt , there's a new alpha in town! #JurassicZoo #RaptorSquad #PrattKeeping pic.twitter.com/xRADpIqyWF
— Milwaukee County Zoo (@MilwaukeeCoZoo) June 18, 2015
We are recreating Chris Pratt's raptor control from #JurassicWorld – with our Southern White Rhinos! pic.twitter.com/ntnm1UsibJ
— Lion Country Safari (@LionCountry) June 17, 2015
Wait, that last one is actually impressive — rhinos are the size of a minibus and their faces are literally swords. That one can stay.