User blog:KamikazePyro/How Big? - Brachiosaurus

Jurassic Park Dinosaur Sizes: Brachiosaurus

Video can be watched here.

Many fans wonder how big the dinosaurs are in the Jurassic Park movies. There are different sizes given all over the internet—some are valid, some are reasonable and based on scientific research, and some are completely inaccurate and make you wonder what was going on there. This series is going to focus on figuring out how big the InGen dinosaurs are, and why not start with the first dinosaur we saw in the flesh, the Brachiosaurus?

Like many of the dinosaurs in the franchise, the Brachiosaurus has had several size estimates given throughout the years. Since no individual has been named like Rexy and Blue, I have to assume the size estimates are for the species in a general sense.

Before I begin, I want to briefly go over one guideline that I follow to make things less confusing for myself and everyone that watches this video. Video games, toys, children’s books, trading cards, and most other miscellaneous merchandise is not considered film canon. In my initial assessment, I will only be including those sources that could be considered canon to the films. I will include a section near the end of the video with all of the non-canon sources.

One more thing before I start is that I will normally describe the animal using whichever measurement system the source was using, and then put the corresponding equivalent in text so it’s easier to understand. For example, if a source says the Brachiosaurus was 60 feet long, I will say that and then put the meter equivalent in text below, and vice versa.

Let us begin...

- The official “Visitors Map Guide” for Jurassic Park measures the Brachiosaurus at over 50 feet high (15.2 meters) and weighing 30 tons (60,000 pounds).

NON-CANON
- In Jurassic Park III: Park Builder, the animal is measured at 24 meters long (79 feet). No height or weight is given.