Do we have any idea what velociraptors and pterodactyls/pterosaurs sounded like? Asking because often people will say they screeched like a velociraptor/pterodactyl when they make this high pitched shrieking sound and I'm wondering if that's in any way accurate.
Yeah we got nothing. There are quite a few dinosaurs that we know how they sounded, like Lambeosaurines, and of course living ones. But not those.
That said, we can make educated guesses based on living birds. Hisses, low rumbles, that kind of thing.
fun fact: i used to draw dinosaurs before i got into hollow knight. had to see if i still remember how to do it, so here’s my favourite, majungasaurus, based on the grimmsteed
Not enough people understand the true nature of Jurassic Park methinks. Can it be enjoyed as a dinosaur horror? Absolutely. But I personally think it's much more enjoyable as a biological sci-fi. These aren't dinosaurs, they are biological monsters made in the shape of dinosaurs. They cut corners, they used frog DNA to fill in what they didn't have. John Hammond brought these experts along to see if their reactions would be "Oh my god that's a dinosaur" and then moved along when it was exactly that. But idk, that's just me.
re: "reptiles are a useless clade because they include dinosaurs but dinosaurs include birds" and other fussing over where and how to label "true"/colloquial reptiles versus "nonavian dinosaurs" versus birds: fuck using the word dinosaur and also fuck using the word bird. we are calling them avian reptiles and nonavian reptiles.