Jurassic World: Did Dinosaurs Live In The Snow? How Cold They Can Survive
Universal Studios finally released the first trailer for Jurassic World: Dominion four months ahead of the film's release, and it featured dinosaurs living in snowy climates, but is this scientifically accurate? Dominion will be the third feature film in the Jurassic Worldseries and the sixth in the Jurassic Parkfranchise. Chris Pratt is set to return as Owen Grady, alongside an ensemble cast featuring characters from both the Jurassic World and Jurassic Park trilogies.
Dominion is set four years after its predecessor Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, the ending of which saw the dinosaurs escaping captivity into the civilized world. The first trailer for Dominion featured various species of dinosaurs living in every corner of the globe, some in very cold habitats. This goes against the notion of dinosaurs living exclusively in tropical biomes, a notion that was embraced by every Jurassic Park/World film thus far.
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That idea was a mere misconception since it has already been confirmed by various scientific communities that certain species of dinosaurs did live in areas with colder weather. Recent discoveries have shown that dinosaurs were spread all over the globe before their extinction, including tundra zones like Greenland, Antarctica, and Alaska. After spending five feature films on tropical islands, exploring different environments would be a departure from previous Jurassic films, albeit one that is also backed by science.
Over the past century, paleontologists across the globe have launched expeditions to determine whether dinosaurs lived in colder climates. Digs in Greenland, Alaska, and Antarctica were all successful in finding fossils of different
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