20 Things You Somehow Missed In Jurassic Park

10. The Secret ACGT Message

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One of the movie's most iconic visuals sees the Velociraptors stalking Dr. Grant, Dr. Sattler, Tim, and Lex as they attempt to escape through the ceiling crawl space. One of the raptors rears up on its legs, stretches its neck out, and attempts to sniff them out, while the phosphorous green glow of a computer monitor patterns its skin.

This is often incorrectly attributed to being light reflected through the bars of the ceiling grate, but it's actually the letters ACGT. Specifically, an abbreviation of Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine, and Thymine, the four key components of DNA.

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