Jurassic Park's consultant palaeontologist Jack Horner has defended the decision to include fictitious dinosaurs in the franchise's latest installment following criticism from scientists.
The man-eating movie monsters of Steven Spielberg's 1993 sci-fi classic, based on the hit novel by Michael Crichton, are heading back to the big screen for a fourth time in new blockbuster Jurassic World, set 22 years after the events of the original.
A number of fictitious creatures are featured in the fourth film and the decision to stray from reality has riled dinosaur experts, but Horner, the palaeontologist who has worked as a consultant on all four films, is adamant stuffy scientists should not pass judgement because they know nothing about making a good movie.
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"In the new movie you'll see some genetic hybrids - there are some that are fun, and some that are scary," he tells Britain's The Independent newspaper.