Jurassic Bark facts
While investigating facts about Jurassic Bark, I found out little known, but curios details like:
The original idea for the episode, Jurassic Bark, was to have Fry's mother fossilized instead of Seymour, but this idea was scrapped after it was thought to be too upsetting to the audience.
The sound of the velociraptors barking at each other in the 1993 movie Jurassic Park was actually the sound of tortoises mating.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 14 of the best facts about Jurassic Bark I managed to collect.
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Futurama's "Jurassic Bark" episode is a homage to Hachiko, the Akita who waited 9 years following Ueno's death for him to come back.
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The raptors' barking sounds in Jurassic Park were sampled from a recording of a tortoise having sex.
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The Futurama episode "Jurassic Bark" was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for "Outstanding Animated Program" and lost...to an episode of the Simpsons.
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In the add-on 'Lonesome Road' for the game 'Fallout: New Vegas' there's a fossilized dog statue that you can pick up named "Seymour". It's an Easter Egg to Fry's dog of the episode 'Jurassic Bark' in Futurama.
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About Greyfriars Bobby, the dog who sat by his owners grave 14 years after his passing, somewhat inspiring Futurama episode Jurassic Bark.
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The velociraptors' raspy barks from Jurassic Park were actually cut from raunchy turtle bits. "It's somewhat embarrassing, but when the raptors bark at each other to communicate, it's a tortoise having sex," Jurassic Park sound designer Gary Rydstrom told NY Mag.
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The dog from Futurama's Jurassic Bark was based on the real-life story of Hachiko to which a statue is dedicated to in front of Shibuya Station
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The Futurama episode 'Jurassic Bark' (the sad dog episode) is based on a true story of a dog waiting at a train station for 10 years for his deceased owner to return.
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The barking sounds the velociraptors make in Jurassic Park were actually tortoises mating.
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The Jurassic Park raptor "barks" were Tortoises ~Making love~ I witnessed it at a zoo and now that I know that.. I can see it..
