# Jurassic Park movie - how are there raptor eggs outside the raptor pen **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 27, 2011, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-park-movie-how-are-there-raptor-eggs-outside-the-raptor-pen/594270 "2011-08-27T06:26:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-park-movie-how-are-there-raptor-eggs-outside-the-raptor-pen/594270/21 "2011-08-27T22:08:26Z")
I always assumed the Raptor in the opening scene wasn’t an escaped Raptor. I thought they were transporting a Raptor they grew themselves from the lab to the pen. I guessed they had to wait until they were fully grown because younger Raptors would get eaten. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-park-movie-how-are-there-raptor-eggs-outside-the-raptor-pen/594270/22 "2011-08-28T00:04:39Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > I always assumed the Raptor in the opening scene wasn’t an escaped Raptor. I thought they were transporting a Raptor they grew themselves from the lab to the pen. I guessed they had to wait until they were fully grown because younger Raptors would get eaten. My assumption exactly. And btw, that was a really stupid way to transfer raptors. You’d think that with all their resources they’d have built the smaller cages so that they _attach_ to the larger cage. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-park-movie-how-are-there-raptor-eggs-outside-the-raptor-pen/594270/23 "2011-08-28T00:11:42Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > My assumption exactly. > > And btw, that was a really stupid way to transfer raptors. You’d think that with all their resources they’d have built the smaller cages so that they _attach_ to the larger cage. True, but that’s not a plot hole. It’s a plot _point_ that Hammond’s people arrogantly assumed they were so in control of the situation that they missed a lot of things. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-park-movie-how-are-there-raptor-eggs-outside-the-raptor-pen/594270/24 "2011-08-28T00:20:13Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > True, but that’s not a plot hole. It’s a plot _point_ that Hammond’s people arrogantly assumed they were so in control of the situation that they missed a lot of things. Well, they did hire Newman to do their IT. I mean…come on, the guy doesn’t even deliver mail in the rain. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-park-movie-how-are-there-raptor-eggs-outside-the-raptor-pen/594270/25 "2011-08-28T00:42:51Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Well, they did hire Newman to do their IT. I mean…come on, the guy doesn’t even deliver mail in the rain. I work in IT, and, when I first saw Jurassic Park in the theater, I ran into a fellow I had worked with some years before. After the movie, I asked him if the character of Nedry reminded him of anyone. Without skipping a beat, he named the exact guy I was thinking of – a former co-worker so like Nedry you wouldn’t believe it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-park-movie-how-are-there-raptor-eggs-outside-the-raptor-pen/594270.md?page=1)