Joseph Brunoro-Beilman it's always struck me as a reason for the crests - species identification in mixed herds. Parasaurolophus coexisting with Hypacrasaurus for instance. Later the unidentified Lambeosaurine from Hell Creek coexisting with Edmontosaurus.
When I was really young (before I found Jurassic Park), I had a picture book of dinosaurs, and I asked my grandmother to paint some of the pages onto my bedroom walls. There were tyrannosaurs, maiasaurs, raptors, and yes, even a herd of parasaurs. They have always been my favorite, and they will never not be my favorite.
I really like parasaurolophs.Ther so interesting and the fact that we know what sounds they would make and that there was soft tissue around it's crest makes the one of the most studied dinosaurs out there.
Honestly, I wish Parasaurs would’ve gotten a bigger role in the movies cuz they’re my favorite herbivorous dinosaur. I just feel like they’re majestic looking as hell and I love it
The Parasaurolophus is my second favorite planteating dinosaur directly after the Amargasaurus, there is just something about the "horn" on its head that makes this animal such a beautiful creature. I love the fact that it was included in every single JP movie as well as in the 2 JW movies, I hope we'll see it again in JW3
I love the Parasaurs in this franchise, and leading up to JW:FK, was worried they might have gone extinct, since they weren't in the trailers. Spoilers! Fortunately, they appeared on the island, and escaping the estate. I think my favorite rendition is obviously Lost World's, which I have a (necessary) large herd in Evolution.
Raptorus77 In my park on tacano I have a huge enclosure with about ten of these and 3 brachiosaurs. Reminds me of that iconic scene in jp 1 whenever I visit it and it always makes me so happy!
The round up scene was amazing. I like how even though the Parasaurolophus was tranqued it still defended from the hunters before they finally subdued it
I always loved how Roland Tembo refereed to the Parasaurolophus as "Elvis" while he nicknamed the Pachycephalosaurus "Friar Tuck" for obvious reasons. Lol!
Top para fan right here. It's my all time favorite herbivore. I'm even writing a book about a family of them, in the spirit of Raptor Red. #1 right here.
I really like Parasaurolophus from Paris in Dinosaur King but it will never invade the place in my heart held by Pachycephalosaurus(if your curious it's because of it's episode in the same show).
I can't believe I only just found your channel last night thanks to a friend suggesting it. Lots of great Jurassic Park content, and I love these videos about the history of each dino in the franchise!
I like it's appearance in Jurassic Park the most, despite it's minimal time. I like how understated and just... there in the distance it is. It made it more believable. I still love it in the other movies, and I love it's fight in Jurassic World.
Parasaurolophus is my all-time favourite dinosaur species since years before the first Jurassic Park film. I love it because of it's strange head crest and it's gentle looking appearance.
I used to hunt Parries in the Carnivores games on my old computer. Loved every minute of it. They were a low level creature that couldn’t kill you, but could get to a nice size.
Yeah when they tripped it to fall on the ground, the camera goes back to Malcom and the others to show that it's a cruel thing InGen was doing. The parasaur's inclusion in this and the lake scene of JP1 actually make it one of the most powerfully represented dinosaurs in the franchise.
I'll admit that if they were cloned back to life and were in an auction similar to that seen in _Fallen Kingdom_ (and assuming that I was rich also), I'd buy one just to keep as a pet. Better them and any other duck-billed dinosaur than a carnivore.
Loved them since I was a kid! One of the things I find disappointing about the films and games is that they never gave them, or any of there like relatives very noticeable calls. In reality they would all sound VERY loud, and unique given that there head crests where hallow and connected to their nasal cavities, possibly for extreme long range communication. That's also a problem I have for the games, and movies beyond the first one. In the first movie each dino sounded unique. In the subsequent media, every new dino sounds very generic and dull!
I concede you on that point, as I had to look them up to be sure. However after looking up the rest to be sure, I will say without a doubt in my mind, that the rest of my statement is true.
The Parasaurolophus was also in Kenner's die-cast metal mini lines for the first Jurassic Park, although it was labelled as a "Hadrosaurus." I guess to save room on the cardboard packaging?
The cry of the Parasaur has always intimidated me more than the Rex roar. You may find that weird at first, but the Rex's roar is that of a prideful and grand boom, while the Parasaur's cry sounds like its screaming in confused pain and fear, especially since it cries when it runs away from something. That captured fear in the sound really raises my hairs, and it doesn't graceful at all.
I have the running figure from Lost World and its one of my favorite toys. My mom, who isn't really a big dino fan has chosen the parasaur as her favorite species. They are pretty awesome animals, especially when you take into consideration all that goes on inside that crest.
One of my favorites for sure. Loved the TLW toy (and the baby one that came with Tim!) back in the day. Was excited when I saw it in Fallen Kingdom since I knew it was one of the few to be in every film. Thanks for the video, Klayton.
You actually missed a Parasaurolphus scene in Fallen Kingdom, after the Volcano Gyrosphere escape scene, in the water when the Sinoceratops swimming, not to far away you can see a Parasaur trying to get on top of a rock in the water.
Thanks for making this piece! Parasaurolophus is my favorite dinosaur since I was a little girl, and even more after the theoretical defense mechanism they had in packs according to the theories!
Always been one of my favourite herbivores. As I play a lot of Ark, having a Para is always one of the things I start out doing. Oh and I love how Roland calls him Elvis.
I've always loved the Parasaurolophus ever since I was a kid watching Jurassic Park and especially the lost world.. I'ts probably my favorite herbivore dinosaur. I had the electronic toy as a kid that was from the lost world and I would bring it with me everywhere throughout my early years of elementary school. I still love the dinosaur today :)
Hey dude, love your videos. I think I’ve watched more than 50 in the last week! Can’t get enough of the in-depth Dino-knowledge! Also loving Jurassic World Evolutions and the new movie. Keep it up mate, great work!
I always loved the Parasaurs in the Jurassic films. As a kid, it was easily my favorite herbivore at the time, and I remember scouring all the Walmarts/toy shops in my area to get a Jurassic Park Parasaurolophus
Parasaurolophus is my favorite duckbilled dinosaur. I didn’t realize how much I liked it until I was playing Jurassic World Evolution. I was so happy when I finally hatched them. Compared to the others I had hatched before like the Corythosaurus and Edmontosaurus, I find the crest and overall look way more interesting.
My favorite dinosaur since BEFORE Jurassic Park, and you posted this video on my birthday, thanks Klayton! Nice work as always. I missed them earlier in Fallen Kingdom only to notice a couple in the mansion and was just like "Where the hell did they come from? Not that I'm complaining."
To me they are a symbol of hope in a way. While I was blown away by the first film, I was disappointed that there were not more dinosaurs, as in the book. On the VHS I noticed the Parasaurolophus heard, so I appreciated that Spielberg put a little more detail to the world. Still I wish there was more, like in the 1930s' King Kong, you see creatures in the background and the forest seems full of life.
My top 3 herbivores (from the franchise) were always Triceratops, Ankylosaurus and Stegosaurus (with an honarable mention to Brachiosaurs) probably because of their armour and wepons in some way which were fearsome and cool looking in each one in a different way. Parasaurolophus were always intringing to me because of the especulation and theorys around their use of the "banana horn" (communication, mating, colors etc) it still is a beautiful dinosaur which I'm happy to see they appeared in all 5 movies and hopefully for the next one aswell Props Klayton and keep up the awesome work you provide
I must say that this dino is by far the best hadrosaur. I haven't watched Fallen Kingdom, but I hope that in any future franchise its sound is featured more than it has been.
Now thinking of it it's one of my favorite herbivores alongside the sauropods and gallimimus I was actually happy to see them in the scene of the Lockwood mansion as I didn't see them on the island and thought they went extinct again.
At least they survived in Fallen Kingdom cause I thought they would be extinct since we saw none of them in the trailers so that's good cause I really do like this dinosaur probably cause of the lost world and how it was taken down. Also Klayton can you do a video taking about the dimorphodon if you could cause we didn't see any of them in Fallen Kingdom.
There was also two toy releases of this dino for the first Jurassic Park; one as a "hatchling" companion to the Tim Murphy figure for the 2nd series release, and a die-cast metallic one that was yellow and black.
I remember watching the original JP movie in the theater, and being so excited I almost cried when I saw the parasaurs drinking from the pond near the brachios. They've been my fave since I was a little kid.
Parasaurolophus is my favorite duckbilled dinosaur, and I think it's partially because of the JP franchise. I do wish it got more screen time in the movies, but, like Brachiosaurus, Velociraptor, and many other dinosaurs in the franchise, it's left a very good impact on me.
I do like the Parasaurolophus, its one of my favorite JP animals especially in The Lost World, hopefully we'll see it yet again in the next jurassic world movie.
Another one of my favorite dinos~ Actually I didn't even realize this dino was apart of JP and JW, I actually became a fan of it when I was learning about different dinosaurs when I started collecting those $1 toys you see at the dollar store.
More stuff like this and a LOT of stuff from the books! There is actually a new Jurassic World book coming out in a couple of days! Plus there is the JP comic books and the Jurassic Park video games as well as discussions on the movies :) there is a lot more coming :D
This is my 2nd favorite dinosaur only after Diplodocus. One thing to note that even though it was popularized by JP it was always that one "filler" dinosaur in those bags/boxes of plastic dino figurines. You'd get like 1 Trex, 1 Brontosaurus, 2 Ankylosaurs, 1 Trike, 2 Stegosaurs, a few Pterodactyls, and Parasaurs for filler (like 5 or 6 of them).
Okay this is one of the videos I have been waiting for I love the Parasaurolophus. Everywhere I can see it I love it, I'm sure everyone knows that crest is used as a resonating chamber. Connected from a nasal passage to help the species in communication, this discovery has lead to paleontologist to believe that it also had very sensitive hearing. It is also theorized that that the species whose crest vary in length would have different sounds. Can you imagine hearing a chorus of them in a prehistoric jungle? These are all facts just off the top of my head so don't quote me but I am pretty confident I hit the nail on the head. Sorry I haven't been watching your other videos, spoilers but I have my tickets and the date is set. If you can do me the favor in considering making a series of reading the Jurassic park novels. I would love to hear you and follow along with my own copy. How many likes do we need to make that happen? thanks for the video and keep up the good work.
I remember as a kid really wanting to feed a Parasaurolophus in a petting zoo like place. like what you do with cows. I remember being really sad this would never happen.
Klayton, love your videos man. Just finished watching through all your JP Comics series. Would you ever consider doing series similar to those, except about the video games? Or maybe just one video per game discussing what can be taken as canon and what contradictions they may have? Thanks for being the best Jurassic channel on RU-vid 👍
one fan theory i'm fond of regarding the Parasaurolophus is that they actually have color-changing abilities, but not like what Indominus or the novel carnotaurs had: instead, they have a "weaker" camouflage ability where they look different depending on their environment but otherwise have no control over it, which would explain why they have a different coloration in every film.
I personally love the Parasaur. I even have a figure of one that's yellow with a black horn and a black patch on its back. The Parasaur, Triceratops and the Brachiosaurus are my three favorite herbivores, while my favorite carnivores are the T Rex, Spinosaurus and Raptor.
SaneManiac 741 They're more needy and irritable wanting to roam and graze freely while the carnivores being territorial are more content with staying in having an area to themselves
Always have 4 together and a moderate sized enclosure, they aren't too picky with size of enclosure and amount of forest. Literally never had a problem with any of the hadrosaurs in game if you make sure their social needs are filled.
Parasaurolophus is my favorite dinosaur I love it so much it’s so beautiful and I really usually don’t like hadrosaurs (Duck-Billed Dinosaurs) but I love the parasaur
When I told someone what you said that many of the same criticisms towards Fallen Kingdom could also be applied to the original Jurassic Park, he responded with: "Because remember folks, when one movie does something bad, they ALL DO IT BAD! Never mind context or character or writing or tension."