Jurassic World’s humongous success has now well and truly made the Jurassic Park franchise part of the pop culture landscape once again.
Colin Trevorrow’s fourth installment to the hugely popular series has already grossed over $550 million, and along the way, it has broken several box-office records. But a recent spate of homages to a particular Jurassic World scene, each of which have been appearing online courtesy of zookeepers from across the world, are what the film should be most proud of.
The scene in question see Chris Pratt’s Owen Grady controlling his trio of raptors with his hand movements, and stopping them from lunging, mauling, and eating both him and part of his team.
And now, zookeepers across the globe have decided to recreate this moment by taking the same stance as Pratt’s character, but in front of different animals instead. You can check out some of these hilarious posts below. It will be the best thing you do all Thursday.
Four more days 😁 #JurassicWorld @prattprattpratt pic.twitter.com/dBOT8qLzSQ
— Jason Smyth (@slayer1551) June 7, 2015
@GreensboroSC #Jurassiczookeeper Stand down! pic.twitter.com/khbdQ894qm — Audrey Niemeyer ? (@Niemer11) June 17, 2015
Woah there pigs. #jurassiczookeeper pic.twitter.com/KiSUuNMXpK
— Catherine Wellman (@Wellmanator) June 18, 2015
Keep them coming! http://t.co/w7mlKrXWyJ (Image: Jill Sanders; @keepertalk ) #JurassicZookeeper @NerdistDotCom pic.twitter.com/o1egM0dw6N — Kyle Hill (@Sci_Phile) June 17, 2015
Lunch time at the #HeiferFarm . We’ve got this! #JurassicZooKeeper #JurassicWorld #RaptorSquad http://t.co/50W9CKr0DJ pic.twitter.com/wJ73rcz8oR
— Heifer International (@Heifer) June 18, 2015
They may not be velociraptors, but we still take our job very seriously. #jurassiczookeeper #jurassicworld #clevergirl pic.twitter.com/Grq4ODgjuj — Toledo Zoo (@ToledoZoo) June 18, 2015
Zookeepers channelling @prattprattpratt in #JurassicWorld | http://t.co/a3GDkGE85B | #RaptorSquad #JurassicZookeeper pic.twitter.com/D6u0sZIAqk
— Amy C. Chambers (@AmyCChambers) June 18, 2015
So #JurassicZooKeeper might be your new favorite hashtag to mindlessly explore https://t.co/YJx5P43DEj pic.twitter.com/B5IgrnZSft — ErikDavis (@ErikDavis) June 18, 2015
Be it penguins or velociraptors, zookeeping is hard work. #JurassicWorld #Prattkeeping #RaptorSquad #CleverGirls pic.twitter.com/dB0XJdgIlv
— Woodland Park Zoo (@woodlandparkzoo) June 17, 2015
That’s really only the beginning though, because Instagram has been lit up with just as many posts that have seen zookeepers channeling their inner Chris Pratt while working. Those of you who want to spend hours exploring all of these glorious pictures need to just follow the hashtag #JurassicZookeeper .
Chris Pratt himself has already taken to his own Twitter account to endorse the homage.
This is absolutely awesome! 😀😀😀 #ZoorassicWorld http://t.co/IZAMgGpt6G
— chris pratt (@prattprattpratt) June 18, 2015
Jurassic World is currently in cinemas, and if you haven’t seen it yet, then you are probably one of the few people on the planet who hasn’t.
[Image via Universal]
