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Jurassic Park III (2001) More at IMDbPro »

It can be assumed that in the previous two films, all raptors seen were females. In the years between the 2nd and 3rd film, real discoveries were made that led scientists to believe that male raptors had feathers on their heads. The film makers were probably aware of this, and decided to include them on their male raptors.

Ben is shown on the camcorder to be alive when they are caught in the tree, then he lets Eric loose, and the camera shuts off. But then Ben's body is found moments later. It is unknown how he dies, but we can assume that he was attacked in the tree due to the lack of flesh on the body.

In the film, Billy says "I don't remember seeing that on InGen's list." to which Grant replies "It wasn't. Which makes me wonder what else they were up to."

The Spinosaurus was an actual dinosaur, but in the books they didn't know what dinosaur was being created until it was hatched. So it's possible that it was hatched and they decided not to report it for some unknown reason. Also, they might have mistaken it for a Baryonyx due to its crocodilian snout. That particular creature was on InGen's list. Keep in mind, what exactly 'InGen's list' is, isn't mentioned in the movies, leaving it up for interpretation.

It is probably that the Spinosaurus simply was not present on Isla Nublar (the location of the first movie) and that it was sleeping most of the time during the second movie, which takes place mostly at night (or the characters simply did not enter the part of the island where it lived). The characters in the second movie did not encounter a Pterosaur (the flying dino) either, while the final shot of that movie showed that the creatures must have been there.

Though Grant saying "...makes me wonder what else they were up to." may have been a subtle set-up for the next sequel, in which discoveries might be made about top secret unauthorized cloning or experimentation with the Dinosaur DNA. Whether this will be the case for the recently announced Jurassic Park IV is yet to be seen. But a sequel to JPIII was likely intended to have been made sooner than 2012. But for whatever reason it was put on hold until it was recently announced a sequel was in the works.

It's implied that the Spinosaurus attacked them in the open water, as later on in the film it is seen completely submerged with the exception of its sail exposed from the water. Suggesting that this dinosaur is similar to a crocodile in that it sneaks up on it's prey partially submerged in water but dwells on land.

Whether or not it was realistic, it was a way to "up the ante" for viewers. The tyrannosaurus had already ruled the two previous films, and was always the crowd pleaser/main draw. So coming up with something to "de-throne" the T-Rex was a way to create fresh excitement and wonder.

The fight was to show the audience that there was a new King of the Island. The T-Rex was the main dinosaur of the previous films with the Raptors in a close second. This film brought the Spinosaurus into the picture to give us something new. The Spinosaurus, despite what the movie leads viewers to believe, was not as ferocious as depicted on film (feeding mainly on large fish and medium sized dinosaurs) and would most likely not have beaten a Tyrannosaurus so easily (in fact, the creature would most likely have been killed or badly injured from the first bite the Rex landed). It was never that well-known to the general public because so few specimens have been recovered.

So naturally, the film had to show two great carnivores duke it out for the title. The fight was also very short to show how much more formidable the Spinosaurus is (though originally, as indicated by the trailers and TV-spots, the fight was longer). Despite this, the Tyrannosaurus seems to dominate most of the fight until the last instance.

Popular belief has many people thinking so, and it would not seem illogical, as both this movie and Jurassic Park: The Lost World are situated on the same island.

However, even a quick comparison between the scenes immediately shows that this can't be the case. First, in The Lost World, there was a small gas station with two fuelpumps leftback of the car (which you can clearly see when Malcolm gets inside the car). In this film, there is no building or pump to be found anywhere near the smashed car. The car is standing in front of steps leading to the nearby main building's entrance; these steps are completely absent in The Lost World.

The cars themselves are different too; the one from The Lost World is a smaller model with only two rows of seats, while the one in this film has three, like a large family car. Also, the building next to the area in The Lost World was a visitor's centre; the building they enter in this film says "Embryonic Administration" at its entrance. All these differences indicate that the two scenes occur in different areas.

There is also the fact that in the scene in The Lost World, we see the raptor ends up smashing through the whole window before Malcolm gets out of the car instead of just the little hole we see in this film.