The Lost World

The Lost World (1960)

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Corrected entry: The dinosaur in the boiling water is carnivorous, and doesn't have that much trouble horking down part of the group - but it doesn't have any teeth to chew with.

Correction: Snapping turtles are carnivorous reptiles that do not have teeth. Teeth are not a necessity for a carnivore.

Corrected entry: When Summerlee drops the egg, we see it break. When it splits open, there's no yolk for the baby dino to eat while he's in there and there's no fluid for the tike to swim around in. It looks like they just shoved the lizard into an egg model and threw it on the ground.

Correction: Based on personal experience, by the time a reptile is ready to hatch and allow a live animal to emerge, the yolk and nearly all other liquid is gone as the embryo has consumed them.

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Corrected entry: In the scene where the two dinosaurs are fighting, the one with the hood is seen biting into the armoured dinosaur (okay, we all know it's a caimen) and drawing blood, but it doesn't have any teeth to speak of! Plus, the battle ends as a draw even though one has thin skin and almost no teeth, and the other one has sharp teeth and armoured plates for skin.

Correction: The battle ends as a draw because the hooded dinosaur wraps its tail around the armored one and keeps it from moving too much, thus causing them to tumble off the cliff ending the battle as a draw. As for the blood, who says the blood was the armored dinosaur's own? It could have belonged to the hooded one.

Corrected entry: When Malone and the Lord Roxton are fighting, they are obviously not landing any of the blows they are throwing.

Correction: This mistake was already listed.

Revealing mistake: When Gomez's partner is eaten, he is obviously a dummmy model, as his legs bend forward at the kneecaps.

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Challenger: Ah, Professor George H. Challenger and his lost world! Have you got your camera, Malone? I think a photo is in order.
Malone: You're quite right, Professor.
[Snaps a picture of Jennifer Holmes.]
Challenger: Reporters!

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Trivia: In the movie, the native Indians were the bad guys, but in the book, they were the good guys. They were fighting the ape-like species living there, and were helped by the group from England. They however did try to keep the group from leaving the plateau, wanting them to stay.

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