CINCINNATI- “Jurassic World” smashed box-office records over the weekend, but a particular scene has captured the imaginations of zookeepers around the globe.
Chris Pratt, of “Parks and Recreation” and “Guardians of the Galaxy,” stars as a Navy-veteran-turned-dinosaur-trainer. His character, Owen Grady, is the alpha to a pack of velociraptors, keeping them at bay.
The staff at the Cincinnati Zoo did their best Pratt impressions on Thursday with a few not-so-fearsome beasts, like a box turtle and Moe the sloth.
Wild encounters with the Galapagos tortoises! #Prattkeeping #RaptorSquad #JurassicZoo #ZoorassicWorld pic.twitter.com/fJPiL5ydtH
— Cincinnati Zoo (@CincinnatiZoo) June 18, 2015
https://twitter.com/CincinnatiZoo/status/611632210714710016
Wendy & the cranes #JurassicWorld #Prattkeeping #RaptorSquad #JurassicZoo #ZoorassicWorld pic.twitter.com/VJTDYoRfSD
— Cincinnati Zoo (@CincinnatiZoo) June 18, 2015
Dan's squad! #JurassicWorld #Prattkeeping #RaptorSquad #JurassicZoo #ZoorassicWorld pic.twitter.com/HIhf6Jy3w8
— Cincinnati Zoo (@CincinnatiZoo) June 18, 2015
Sarah & Moe the sloth! #JurassicWorld #Prattkeeping #RaptorSquad #JurassicZoo @prattprattpratt pic.twitter.com/8wEieRuctP
— Cincinnati Zoo (@CincinnatiZoo) June 18, 2015
Meredith & tortoises! 🐢 #Prattkeeping #JurassicWorld #RaptorSquad #JurassicZoo pic.twitter.com/XKvpk6KE4N
— Cincinnati Zoo (@CincinnatiZoo) June 18, 2015
.@CincinnatiZoo no one wanted to take on these raptors? #Prattkeeping #JurassicZookeeper #ZoorassicWorld pic.twitter.com/oIPfrFfH2f
— CincyZooLion (@CincyZooLion) June 18, 2015
But the folks in Cincinnati didn’t start the tread. Over the last few days, other zoos and aquariums have tried Pratt’s approach to taming animals.
Clever girls. The #JurassicWorld @prattprattpratt-challenge finally gets fierce. @NerdistDotCom @michelledeidre pic.twitter.com/glT6LJhDxm
— CA AcademyOfSciences (@calacademy) June 17, 2015
Who needs #RaptorSquad when you have Veloci-otters? #OtterSquad #JurassicZoo pic.twitter.com/M0zr7BvI9I
— Georgia Aquarium (@GeorgiaAquarium) June 17, 2015
We are recreating Chris Pratt's raptor control from #JurassicWorld – with our Southern White Rhinos! pic.twitter.com/ntnm1UsibJ
— Lion Country Safari (@LionCountry) June 17, 2015
Raptors are tricky but try #PrattKeeping with goats!#JurassicZoo #ZoorassicWorld #JurassicWorld #goats pic.twitter.com/zGMboqjGHU
— Brookfield Zoo (@brookfield_zoo) June 18, 2015
Eddie channeled his inner @prattprattpratt to wrangle our Academy educators! #RaptorSquad #ZoorassicWorld pic.twitter.com/vdGpQKmVZS
— Academy of Natural Sciences (@AcadNatSci) June 18, 2015
Training ferocious Veloci-capybaras like @prattprattpratt #JurassicWorld #JurassicZoo #ZoorassicWorld #PrattKeeping pic.twitter.com/IYrYG1QQhl
— Palm Beach Zoo (@PalmBeachZoo) June 18, 2015
We had to join in on this #ZoorassicWorld meme fun! #alpacasquad #JurassicWorld #JurassicZoo @prattprattpratt pic.twitter.com/TiT341HKcv
— Maryland Zoo (@marylandzoo) June 18, 2015
Thanks @prattprattpratt for teaching us how to wrangle our ferocious red pandas #JurassicZooKeeper #ZoorassicWorld pic.twitter.com/GRJ3p10HIA
— Elmwood Park Zoo (@ElmwoodParkZoo) June 18, 2015
There’s nothing harder than getting 3 Quokkas to cooperate! #JurassicZoo #ZoorassicWorld http://t.co/9sZfuMIBRu pic.twitter.com/RgqKlWTVT0
— Taronga Zoo (@tarongazoo) June 18, 2015
