Hey, I'm Flora Lickman, and this is Science Friday.

Jurassic World Rebirth opens today.

On the podcast, the film's paleontologist advisor pulls back the scaly curtain.

Dino neck nuzzling is one of those things where I think we have to take some artistic liberties

because we don't know for sure how they would have made it.

The movie stars Scarlett Johansson and Mahershala Ali.

Their characters make a dangerous journey to an island,

chock full of dinosaurs.

They want to get their hands on some dinosaur blood to make a life-saving heart medicine. But unfortunately for them, and luckily

for us, things do not go as planned.

This island was the research facility for the original Jurassic Park.

We need DNA from the three biggest dinosaurs.

Do we have to get a sample from an egg?

I suppose we could try and get it from the parent, but they're a flying carnival of the size of an F-16.

Sci-Fi producer D. Peter Schmidt saw the movie and is here with a behind-the-scenes look.

Hey, Dee.

Hi, Flora.

Yeah, I wanted to get a paleontologist perspective, and we knew just the person.

Dr. Steve Brissotti, who's the film Scientific Consultant and Paleontologist at the University of Edinburgh.

Hey, Steve.

Hey there.

Steve, how many Jurassic movies have you consulted on now?

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