Boverisuchus's avatar
I find it debatable that a loud deep hiss would sound like a roar, its an exhalation with no voice at all, that's essentially what a hiss is. Not like a roar at all. The larger kinds of snakes will sound sometimes like a scream or a whistle when they hiss.

Dinosaurs might have made a sound like a roar, but for now, we can only use primitive flightless birds and crocodilians.

No, if you have such a wide definition that anything sufficiently deep and loud is a roar, then all definitions go out the window.

The fact that you think ANY of the JP dinosaurs sound "more like a bird" in their movie appearances is subjective I think. As a child, I thought the raptor hiss frankly sounded like a horror movie creature, the Brachs sounded like whales, the T-rex sounded vaguely mechanical. I think they were trying to make them sound like animals that also are supposed to give you a certain reaction, like a character. If they had the Paleontologist check them to sound like birds, I would legitimately like to see a source for that claim.
Taliesaurus's avatar
1- indeed, but listen to a goose.

2- maybe but I like keep my mind open to speculative ideas

3- well, definition are just aberitary human terms.

4- Robert t bakker, Jack horner and Gregory s paul all helped with jurassic park, in thinking how the animals moved, sounded and behaved