![]() ![]() But the word pachycephalosaurus would be a bit of a mouthful for actors. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: this is what comes of giving dinosaurs nicknames. ![]() Actually, there is – a genus of sauropod first described in 2006, and so named because it was found in western Pakistan. Since then a lot of people have taken to Twitter to express outrage at the very notion of a “pakisaurus”. I was boycotting it anyway, because it’s about dinosaurs. The Coventry comedian Guzzy Bear, in the guise of a comic character called Mobeen, posted a video calling for a boycott of the film. No.ĭid the whole context of the film not make it clear that she was talking about some dinosaurs? It did, but the line has still caused a bit of a stir. ![]() So what? It sounds as if she’s saying: “The Pakis are out of containment.” True, but early on in the film, after some pachycephalosauruses have escaped their sector, a character utters the line: “The pachys are out of containment.” How can a dinosaur be racist? It’s due to their appearance in the blockbuster Jurassic World.įrom what I’ve seen, the dinosaurs in Jurassic World are equal-opportunity devourers. What else are they like? Socially aggressive, accidentally racist. Thick-headed as in stupid? Well, they weren’t clever, but it’s really because they had spiky, domed skulls to protect their tiny brains. Appearance: Thick-headed dinosaur, hence the name, which means “thick-headed lizard”. ![]()
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