The Most HORRIFYING Way To Die In Jurassic Park

In The Lost World: Jurassic Park Dieter Stark is killed by a pack of Compys. Little dinosaurs that possess a narcotic venom from the Michael Crichton novel. This may be one of the most horrifying ways to die on Isla Sorna or in any of the movies at all and since Camp Cretaceous canonized the toxic poison, it makes it even scarier.
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[@brendandulaca3147]

It's scary how being eaten by a big dinosaur like the T-Rex would be mercy compared to being chewed apart by the Compy's.

[@geckoraptor9397]

Lucky for you irl they were bigger and they fed on small animals i think they could still mess you up tho

[@vincentmarcellino7183]

T Rex either bites your torso off or shakes you until your spine and neck snap. Over in less than a minute. Compys are tiny. It'd take a while. Imagine being chewed to death by a dozen ferrets

[@geckoraptor9397]

@@vincentmarcellino7183 ye Jurassic park is not really realistic irl they would have no reason to go for you when they could Hunt small animals like you said i never seen ferrets swarming someone and killing them

[@Levinewak]

How? Compy venoms supposed to make you tired

[@geckoraptor9397]

@@Levinewak in the books i dont think they have it in the movie

[@beenjammin2000]

The fact that the venom essentially makes you happy as the animals are eating you alive… That is horrifying.

[@B.o.o.L]

Thats great tbh at least youre happy goin out

[@cubbi2789]

Its like having laughing gas administered during a procedure

[@ddc2957]

Is it horrifying? Sounds very merciful to me. You’d prefer a death by Shark, or Lion?

[@edwardleemiller-eo8jp]

It would also make for an interesting angle in JW Dominion…imagine a drug cartel getting ahold of a pack of Compys and essentially milking them for their venom for a new hyper-addictive offering, like Dino-fentanyl.

[@sasaki999pro]

Yeah I don't get this at all, thats like comparing drowning to being set on fire. Drowning is MUCH less horrifying than immolation. One is a brief fright followed by immediate peace of mind, while the other is just horrific agony from beginning to end If ANYTHING had to *get* me in JP, I'd pray for compies. As opposed to raptors that do everything the compies do but without the merciful venom. Dilo's that can painfully blind you shutting down your arguably most VITAL sense for survival. Carno's can camouflage and take you by complete surprise Being swallowed whole by a mossasaur Ripped in half by a mated pair of T-rexes...or used as a training kill for their inexperienced offspring Any of the herbivores can gore or trample you with ease and that is by no means a swift painless death ( Unless maybe its a Brachiosaurus)

[@xicoxnicx]

Nedry’s death in the book was the most horrifying for me. Imagine being painfully blinded as you are torn to shreds while still alive.

[@LilyZerep]

😬 Oh my God yes! Reading how he felt his own intestine along with feeling pain on the sides of his head 😨

[@ZekeStaright]

Ending with the euphoria of sweet release, that was something to read in comparison to watching what unfolded on screen.

[@velociraptor4you3291]

Ian Malcolm: _”Did you find him?”_ Roland Tembo: _”Just the parts they didn’t like.”_

[@oscarstainton]

While it wasn't confirmed in the film, the symptom clues that the compies' bite is venomous such as heavy panting, sluggish reflexes, disorientation are present in how Dieter dies. The compies, plus the Dilophosaurus venom, and the Troodons from Jurassic Park: The Game would be ideal predators for a genuinely horror-inspired creature feature. I love me the T. rex and Raptors, but dinosaurs with fictional venomous attributes (including the Scorpius Rex from CC) possess a strong horror factor.

[@gavincole3359]

It wasn't in the movies, but it was in the novels and Netflix's Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous series. It's actually how John Hammond dies in the first novel.

[@monsterhanna6691]

​@@gavincole3359 Yeah, Klayton says that, but that doesn't mean it never happened in the movies; think about it. If the Compies didn't hit like an artery or something, how else would Dieter have died like that? Even WITH being surrounded by them?

[@UGNAvalon]

Didn’t he also take a long tumble off a big hill?

[@caljones]

⁠@@monsterhanna6691well, given that he was bitten by multiple compies, not just one, and more than once, so I’d imagine that it was basically a larger dose, then you add how fast his heart might have been beating from fear and pain from the fall, it would circulate through his system faster.

[@ArtemisDalmasca]

I was just thinking that about the venom too! He was definitely acting way more disoriented and panicked than a rational person would. Granted, some of that might've been from the initial attacks in the first place, and realizing the little guys were strong together, but the venom makes a lot of sense as well

[@grumpysketch5607]

Dieter's death terrified me as a child and to this day I still think it's the creepiest death in the movie. Seeing all the compys jump him made me wanna hide behind something as a child, and then when you see the blood in the water, child me, was never the same. I'd have to say, The Lost World, definitely my favourite movie in the entire franchise, doesn't mean I love any of the other movies less :) just like this one a little little more.

[@kylgrv]

Dieter Stark's death was always one of the scariest deaths in the film series, but knowing that the compies had a venomous bite that would make you lose energy makes that death even scarier. It also makes me realize that Cathy, the girl at the beginning of the movie, could've also gone through such a brutal experience had it not been for the fact that she survived, according to Hammond. Yikes!

[@ddc2957]

It’s in the first book I think. The parents rush her to hospital & she’s given treatment.

[@click8708]

I was mentioning that to my mum the other day actually, the movie was on and my mum was confused as to how a big strong man like Dieter would just fall over and die to a bunch of chicken sized dinosaurs and then it hit me, I don't think the movies ever specifically mention the venom, so because I had read the books I had always known that was why compies were capable of taking down a man while people like my mum were just left thinking it was a bit of a silly scene like where a woman always seems to fall over while running from a monster. She didn't like me explaining the venom >:D Also I am high af so I hope this made sense.

[@seniormoros_rose6402]

Lord knows that poor girl has ptsd and wouldn't recover from that traumatic event.

[@aa-ze5cz]

@@ddc2957 Correct first book. There's also a scene in the first book where compys do attack and kill a baby in it's crib I believe or leave it's face completely disfigured (can't recall which). No surprise that was left out of the movie.

[@robrice7246]

I also like to think that in film canon (especially during the JW trilogy), both types of Compys were cloned for scavenging & animal waste management purposes.

[@EpicJasonX9000]

most people seem to underestimate just how deadly even a tiny creature can be. you can sort of tell through Deter Stark's body movement that he's injected with something due to him stumbling over so many times. it's honestly a perfect example of the age old lesson that just because something is small and/or cute looking, doesn't automatically mean that it's isn't deadly and/or dangerous. I've always like the designs of the Compys and I'm glad they were introduced into this franchise. and hell, they are kind of cute. ^-^

[@FuzztasticFilms]

Pretty much anything can kill you no matter what…

[@dereklopez9060]

The thought of being confronted by a pack of harmless looking Dinosaurs like Compy's that makes chirping sounds like birds is truly scary. In The Lost World Jurassic Park, When the Compy's attacked Dieter Stark after he rolls down a hill, he screams in agony and dies so slowly. In Jurassic World Dominion, When the Compy's attacked Owen while he was chasing Rainn Delacourt through the black market, Nothing happens.

[@harikiran4339]

Because owen is a super hero who survived from helicopter crash and didnt die. JW producers barely care abt canon its more oriented towards action scifi than the scifi horror which jw and jw2 depended on. Why do you think JW 1 was a hit? Indominus rex horror scene, same with indorap she was horror and fun.

[@monsterhanna6691]

Did nothing happen and did he actually get bit?

[@monsterhanna6691]

​@@harikiran4339 What helicopter crash? He was in a plane with that woman. (I'm sorry, I forgot her name). Nobody said he was invincible.

[@Mac14329]

⁠@@harikiran4339Owen is not a superhero. They DO care about canon. The Indoraptor is male.

[@WillVS93]

Came right when getting notified Klayton! :) It’s crazy how deadly the Compys were in the books, they killed John Hammond, Attacked a little girl, and ate a baby, all with that deadly venom. Plus not to mention they probably escaped off the island in the books too in JP Epilogue. Very underrated how dangerous Compys are!

[@MyNameIsDanielYT]

they ate a baby ?!?

[@WillVS93]

@@MyNameIsDanielYT yes Read the book! They can be so dark sometimes

[@blackqueen7226]

@@MyNameIsDanielYTyeah the first chapter of the first book ate a baby that was like a couple hours old at best a day or so

[@gavincole3359]

​@MyNameIsDanielv2 I highly recommend reading the novels, there's some really dark and gruesome moments.

[@MyNameIsDanielYT]

@@gavincole3359 im definitely going to try and source Jpark and Lost World Novels asap.

[@KingRumar]

I remember hammond’s way at the end of the first novel with compies. I was shocked on how different it was from the first movie

[@Da219StarWarsGuy]

I always thought that they got you because their sheer numbers would make you bleed out eventually and quickly. Then I finally listened to the audio book of Jurassic Park last week. Keep in mind, I saw the first movie in theaters as a kid so that kind of gives my age away lol! Given the euphoric feeling they bite gives you that I just learned of when reading how Hammond died in the novel, still a better way to go compared to getting shredded by a raptor or dilophosaurus. You feel everything with the latter 2.

[@OGkoozy]

I was also a kid watching the originals haha! I love the story the books have. Focusing more on the animals and natural ecosystem, it felt grounded and real in the best sci-fi way. Since that was last week, I encourage you to listen to the second one! I listened for the second time just last month lol. The first one has new characters and scenes, but the second one is actually a completely different story than the movie. And from what you said here, I think youll get a kick out of some of the deaths in lost world 😂.

[@dacjr9]

Yeah, I think most people missed the point about the venom’s effects. I’d definitely rather get taken out by these little guys, than be torn in half by Tyrannosaurs or ripped to shreds by Velociraptors

[@Da219StarWarsGuy]

@@OGkoozy I'm already listening to Lost World, only got 2 hours into it. It seems like they took parts of the first book and used them throughout the first movie trilogy. The funny thing is I went to see Jurassic World and the theater was mostly high schoolers that weren't even around for the first trilogy yet. It made me feel a little old lol

[@Da219StarWarsGuy]

@@dacjr9 yeah, especially the raptors since they gut you then tear off limbs and stuff.

[@Jose_Lopez08]

Those Compy's are not to be underestimated they will rip you apart little piece by little piece and with that poisonous bite you to put it simply are dead by bite.

[@FuzztasticFilms]

I never even realized they have poison

[@MuzzySkeleton]

I watched the movie before reading the novel. I just assumed the Compys mobbed the guy like a group of starving rats and devoured him alive while he was trying to fight back. This death always gave me shivers.

[@thickerconstrictor9037]

That's definitely how it was written in the movie. They may have gone back and retconned it because of what we read in the novel but when the movie was made there was definitely no intention of there being venom. It was absolutely just a numbers game in the movie and then they went back and fixed it in cc with info from the book

[@MarqFJA87]

Yeah, I had always assumed that he got stuck, disoriented or even broke his leg when he tumbled over that log, giving the compy horde enough time to inflict enough extra wounds and thus blood loss over what they had already inflicted to pretty much pin him down.

[@eh2396]

My only gripe with this scene, and this has bugged me since I first saw this movie in theater, is why did he walk so far away just to go pee? Dude he walks way out there knowing full well there's vicious dinosaurs out there and he walked way far away from the group lol he could've just went to a tree a few feet from Carter. Anyway this is my favorite one of the franchise but that has always bugged me.

[@KlaytonFioriti]

My issue was nobody heard him screaming for help. Like sure Carter has headphones but everyone else is just ignoring him or something haha

[@eh2396]

@KlaytonFioriti hahahaha dude Klayton I swear we think almost exactly the same man. Keep up the hard work you do for this channel and the Jurassic fan community! 👊

[@Cwhirt910]

He had a really really shy bladder but yeah never made sense why he walked so far from the group. Could've literally walked 2 feet from Carter to pee.

[@eh2396]

@Cwhirt910 exactly haha, I always felt like that death was so preventable

[@OGkoozy]

This reminds me of another death in the Lost world novel, but it was actually a raptor kill. The raptor clawed the guys spine and in detail it was described how euphoria washed over the character and he could almost feel calm as the raptors disgusting breath was on the back of his neck and the teeth closed with a crunch. This is the novel long grass death that I assume inspired the long grass scene. The raptors in the lost world novel are alot more terrifying than the movies lol.

[@RueRyuzaki6]

Idk man, Muldoons getting killed by the raptor was pretty terrifying

[@kdusel1991]

Pretty much any way you die in Jurassic Park is horrifying lol. Also it's nice to see you back Klayton!!

[@dinodan7770]

It's a pity Dominion didn't use these little guys on the mainland, they would of made some cool scenes with people coming across them in the wild or even in Urban areas like city sewers . Are you planning on making a video on how Dominion changed the law and philosophical plot from the novels?

[@southparkstanmarshofficial]

I don't think anything can tiop Eddie Carr's death in the Lost world

[@eh2396]

Poor Eddie got torn in two saving his friends and in Jurassic World Dominion literally all the good guys live, even the annoying ones 🙄 they pussified the Jurassic franchise

[@Raptorcloak]

How about Zara in Jurassic World? Royal overkill if you ask me.

[@southparkstanmarshofficial]

@@Raptorcloak Zara's death was hilarious hahaha

[@dereklopez9060]

​@@eh2396Exactly. It's dismaying that the Jurassic World movies have no stakes, no tension, no risks, no sacrifices, none of that. Only the bad guys die, while the good guy's walk away scot free. Remember in The Lost World Jurassic Park where the T-rex rampages throughout San Diego, Everybody screams and runs for their lives. But here in Jurassic World Dominion, when the Carnotaurus and the Allosaurus rampages throughout the underground black market in Malta, Everybody cheers and shouts "Woo Hoo!!"

[@dereklopez9060]

​@@southparkstanmarshofficial Zara: DON'T JUST STAND THERE!!! Proceeds to stand in the middle of the main street and get's swooped into the air by a Pteranodon.

[@SHINOBI-03]

People say Nedry's death was brutal but in my opinion Wu's death was worse since Nedry at least had his senses numbed and confused. Wu was eviscerated alive in his full conscious.

[@LBTElectricDinoOnline]

Awesome and Very Impressive Video for Jurassic June especially the way to die by getting killed by dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures in the Jurassic franchise most parts that the most terrifying kill scenes in the franchise and these animals are very dangerous so be on a lookout for those dinosaurs especially the Theropods and other carnivorous dinosaurs in the franchise. Great Work Klayton and as always, Take It Easy and Life Would Find A Way.

[@cameronhettinger276]

I LOVED your vids for 5 years now thanks for being awesome

[@foxtrotnine]

These things would be pretty difficult to contain/eradicate once they got out of lockwood manor. They could breed fast and hide almost anywhere. Unlike a T rex or brachiasaur.

[@Dinoslay]

We don’t know how fast they would breed for sure. But if they had a successful population growth on the mainland that would be a huge problem.

[@NathanSpies]

Actually the deadliest dinosaur is the inflatable T-Rex. And worse of all... They Are EVERYWHERE!!! You can’t escape them!

[@MrLynamYT]

You should continue doing a read throughs of the books. Maybe chapters or significant moments like you’ve always done

[@VampireSlayer94]

I just assumed it was because of how many of them there were and with each one biting and those wounds bleeding, that it was a death by a thousand cuts sort of thing. The Compys actually being venomous as well makes a lot of sense. It also explains why they seemed to retreat and then just follow Dieter as he stumbled away after the initial attack. They were waiting for their venom to take effect before they went in to feast.

[@BuckTheTyrannosaurus]

Dieter Stark's Compy Attack Scene Was The Top 10 Funniest One Cuz The Way He Chokes One Of Them And Slams One Of Them And Chases Them Away Gets Me EveryTime 😂

[@MrTheshadowon]

Can't believe you and I went to school together, I somehow found you rewatching the Long Grass scene from Lost World. Glad to see you're doing well my guy.

[@travisstoll3582]

This is one of my favorite videos you've done. Compies were lethal.

[@charlieknight5065]

Showing LOVE for the channel Thank You for your awesome channel my friend I've been a subscriber for years now and I seriously wanted to say Thank You I'm a huge Jurassic Park Franchise fan and over the years however watched your videos and youvey pieced so much together for me personally speaking I'll always be a huge fan and supporter of your channels man. Thanks again Klayton and have a Blessed Day and Everyone else reading this too

[@generalpiggy430]

I always assumed he panicked after getting swarmed by them multiple times and then broke his leg after climbing over the log or ended up getting stuck.

[@Bigjdog0335]

Glad to see you uploading again

[@eggnogalcoholic]

I love the books so much 😭😭😭 yeah, this is absolutely the worst way to go. Such a surreal horror, not only the venom but how it works, especially when they killed Hammond so serenely. I thought the second book was weak in terms of story but I LOVED the Dino deaths lol

[@benvinciblevince4067]

I always feel like this is the ‘sweet spot’ with the franchise. This and the dilophosaurus showed that dinosaurs can be exotic & strange and also dangerous. It also helped move away from the ‘giant stompy monster’ trope that follows dinosaurs in fiction. This really made you feel like the whole island was a dangerous and hostile place; and encapsulated the ‘nature wins’ feeling the franchise promotes.

[@KrazyStargazer]

I loved this sequence as a kid. It was a great example of persistence on the compy's part. Also a bit of karma for his cruelty earlier. He actually tosses them of him and even slams them hard on the ground...but they just keept coming. Imagine not only being under the effects of their toxen but seeing that they just keep attacking you no matter what you do.

[@moviescolin]

I love that the film seems to portray the venom, even if 'by accident.' Peter Stomare starts to play it as a little disoriented, confused, out of breath, and the biggest thing to me is thirsty. People criticize that he starts to lap up the river water, like 'why would you pause for a drink???' but after reading the novel it really feels like that weird dehydration that your body gets when some substance starts to take effect. It's a shame it was never explicitly explained in the film, although if there was ever a scene explaining it, it was probably cut pretty early. It could've been added to Burke's speech about the Compy earlier, but that would have made Deiter more aware of the dangers of the little dino and the whole point was that he was an egotistical jackass who ironically dies by the smallest dinosaur on the island. Love the video, and love the compies. 10/10, would try to have one for a pet even if it is a little vicious, venomous, ankle-biter.

[@tonysbones2813]

Im amazed you manage to create so many videos, so often, with very limited source material.

[@wowablezastone9219]

That death scene is the coolest deaths of all time but I would be terrified to be killed by the comps also thanks for telling us your thoughts Klayton 👍

[@phantom31017]

Is the Troodon considered soft canon? Because laying eggs in your torso and letting your near-corpse act as a nest is horrifying.

[@Dragoncurve]

They said it was soft canon but we also have the one from the Live Tour so it’s confusing atm

[@juliancaraveo5700]

​@@DragoncurveI thought the game was now considered non canon since there is a new origin to the Barbosal can being found. As for the Troodons , I think the Live Tour versions are more likely to be soft canon.

[@matthenazgul5454]

I would love to see dx disease carried by them it could be interesting

[@seamuszharper]

Even though I read the books before seeing the movies I figured Deter was killed in a similar fashion to wolves, jackels or hyenas. Pack animals hunt in groups so..... they pretty much killed him. Personally, I would rather go up against a T-rex. Scared for a moment, then CHOMP! None of that dying from a thousand paper cuts.

[@LovuxTheGreat]

fun fact: Dieter Stark's actor Peter Stormare is Swedish and you can hear him mutter a few curse words in Swedish in between the compys attacking him, his swearing in this context roughly translating to "damned bastards". Apparently this was done to get around some censorship since foul language was considered too crude or something in a movie where people are mauled and eaten alive by mutan freak reptiles lol.

[@Dan261178]

When you think about it smaller creatures are even more dangerous than the big ones when they get together.If I might quote......"One bee is a pest but no one messes with the swarm"

[@wallineric]

Smiling and thinking "I'm fine. This is fine." as a pile of tiny mouths slowly eat you is a horrific way to go. It took a long time but I'm glad they finally made the venom canon.

[@mcsmedia8081]

The fact that Ludlow did not have animal handlers and vets who were assigned to the Sorna facility as part of his team during the 1997 harvest operation is really interesting. His team should have included former Sorna staff that had worked with every single species of dinosaur that was present on the island and those staff members should have been front and center, advising and supervising the operation. It would be interesting to know why Ludlow did not have people like that as part of the harvest team, though it may also fall into the same category as his decision to not start his harvest operation at the abandoned Sorna facility as opposed to anywhere else on the island. The old Sorna facility had a perimeter fence built around the primary structures. Their harvest operation could have started with inspecting, repairing, and reinforcing the abandoned perimeter fence and securing a safe zone as opposed to trailblazing through the jungle.

[@almenajamband9206]

Sounds like it should be a mission in JW Evolution, that would be sweet.

[@mcsmedia8081]

@@almenajamband9206 Yes! That is a brilliant idea! I have both JWE and JWE2 and I would love playing this scenario out as a challenge on JWE2, just like the Fallen Kingdom return to Nublar challenge. It would mesh so well with JWE2's Chaos Theory mode for TLW.

[@anubusx]

The boat scene with all the dead people being found was inspired by the Dracula novel.

[@thenightwalker5891]

In the jurassic Park game, the troodon laying eggs in the pilots chest and having the toxic bite is scary

[@ichthyovenator3351]

I never really questioned it, I always assumed that they got some sort of vital organ and that's what killed him quickly. But it was always my head cannon that they were venomous after reading the novels. It's great that it was confirmed even though it didn't mean anything in camp cretaceous.

[@alexallen9640]

Nice topic and discussion 🙂👍🦕🦖

[@megansuperchicken]

As a kid the compies attacking both Dieter and the girl at the beginning terrified me. The pan over to the river turning red from blood in particular haunted me. I always figured that, with the scene cuts, that they had simply worn Dieter down by continually chasing him. The venom is a very fun touch though, and truly the most horrifying way to die.

[@robinavnit7469]

Always enjoy your content, Klayton. I was wondering if you'd be keen to do a video on the worst herbivore to encounter. I think the obvious choice would be Triceratops but there's a few others that would be dangerous like Pachycephalosaurus or even Ankylosaurus. Would be interested in your opinion on this topic

[@Tiresias55]

The compies in the Jurassic Park novel were just little demons. The scene were the midwife finds three compies purched on the side of the crib with their bloody jaws above the dead baby they'd fed upon was just harrowing. Likewise the scene with John Hammand in the book. Was he unpleasant? Yes, did he deserve to go out like that? Debatable. JP2 makes them seem just that little bit more dangerous, taking down a physically fit man and dogging his steps until he stumbles. Not to mention Roland's amazing like when asked by Ludlo if they found him "Just the parts they didn't like." Brutal!

[@Johnnythefirst]

The novel compies wouldn't attack a fully fit grown man though. They only attacked Hammond in the book because he was old and had a broken ankle after rolling down a hill because he heard a T-Rex roar. They are basically poisonous jackals, who prey on the weak.

[@andresdeleon5160]

Those compys are scary dangerous venomous birds in the Jurassic franchise history

[@amandabarrow8094]

It makes it doubly chilling watching camp cretaceous and seeing the characters treat the compys like they're just pesky little nuisances. Crazy to think how close they were to danger from the very first episode.

[@zachbulich401]

I’d imagine the compys venom is a neurotoxin which starts to impair the senses causing that delirious like state and that their venom glands are similar to Gila monsters where they have to chew a bit on you in order to get the venom into bloodstream. With Dieter running he essentially was letting that venom in his bloodstream effect him faster which allowed the animals to have their feast even quicker.

[@jessehutchings]

Prolonged terror and physical exhaustion is how it happens. The little guys wear him down over the course of 30 minutes to a couple hours until he simply gives up.. The sequence of Dieter being worn down and killed had the biggest impact on me since i saw it the first time. It's both confusing and terrifying

[@shockal7269]

The compies have always struck me as one of the most unique creatures the Jurassic franchise has ever made. Design wise, they're a poetic opposite to the many colossal creatures that the franchise bears. And indeed, giant dinosaurs do sell due to their association with power and deadliness - but the compy is a creative exception. Their initial cuteness adds up to their initially harmless first impression. Imagine the reaction of audiences seeing the compy for the first time: an innocently curious critter. It's affectionate, beguiling, and its size means there's no way it could harm someone. But soon, the horror trickles slowly upon seeing more of them come one by one. They're communicating with each other in unison. You can tell they're *planning* something. And in that moment, you realize... *you're their prey.* The Velociraptors and the T.rex may be the dominant icons of the JP/W franchise, but the compies have solidified themselves as the memorable underdog dinosaurs at the back of everyone's mind. They're the first thing most people think about when you mention "tiny dinosaur" - even if they can't remember the name, they certainly remember its appearance.

[@elaldo2382]

As a kid I always presumed that Dieter broke his leg when he fell over the log and went off screen. In pain and unable to get up he would have been easy work for the Compies. Reading the book as a teenager, I thought the venom would add to their deadliness, but still thought he might have injured himself in his last ditch escape attempt. Nowadays I don't know which theory to go with, but I have no problem with them dispatching him in either case. Little animals can be really deadly, even without venom if there are a lot of them. Plus, worth noting. I watched Jurassic Park and The Lost World with my Gran as a kid. The only death that disturbed her (to the extent she had to leave the room) was Dieter's at the hands of the Compies.

[@azhdarchidae66]

Aside from the genus name "Compsognathus", everything else Dr. Berk says about the compy is actually referring to Procompsognathus. the species name "triassicus", the discoverer, Fraas, and the year of discovery, 1913. just a random compy fact that i guess kind of relates to the video

[@GilraenTook]

I don't know. A lot of venomous snakes kill you by breaking down your blood or making your flesh start to rot or just making your muscles stop working so you suffocate. I think I'd prefer to go into a euphoric state where I couldn't actually FEEL them eating me than to be ripped apart by a t-rex or raptors, or by being bitten by something that is venomous more like the real-world examples we have and knowing what is happening as I am going.

[@Parambolumberienriatta]

I think it falls into the "You're still alive" category. Nedry's death, the long grass scene from the second book or Troodons from the game.

[@daniellee5147]

Just carry a golf club with you lmao.

[@chad9166]

They really screwed up the pace of that movie by leaving that poison detail out. How hard would it have been to put in like 2 lines of dialogue explaining that? Even with the canon poison ability, IMO, it does a disservice to the pure physically imposing nature of dinosaurs. Like...if even these tiny animals can easily kill a grown man, then why is a velociraptor or T Rex any more scary?

[@monsterhanna6691]

For me personally, especially without reading The Lost World novel yet, I still find it terrifying how something that tiny could kill Dieter Stark, especially AFTER seeing what happened to Kathy at the beginning of the movie, AND not even fully seeing what happened to Dieter at all. Basically, in Jurassic Park, size doesn't matter. Either way, it's still terrifying to think about. Also, the Compies killed a newborn baby in the first novel.

[@nightrunnerxm393]

I had read both of the books before the Lost World movie came out, so...I knew _exactly_ what was going on there, and after having read Hammond's death _and_ how they'd pretty much derailed Dogdson's mission on Isla Sorna (eventually leading to him becoming baby Rex food)...yeah. Dieter? No chance. Although, in that scene, you see the confusion, but none of the euphoria that's causing it. I suspect that's part of why most people look at the scene and question why Compys could take him down, or why the kid in JP3 would be worried about them. They're just not seeing the full range of effects to help explain what's going on. Would exposition have helped? Yes...but given the lack of InGen handlers who would've been familiar with the little devils, and how fragmentary Compy skeletons are in the real world...I don't see how anyone else would've known they had venom of _any_ kind, never mind something that mimicked narcotics! Although I suspect frog DNA might be to blame for that more than anything...

[@nevermindmeijustinjectedaw9988]

people always forget that dieter stark just fell down a hillside to his side, that mustve really hurt or pulled sth for sure

[@ArtemisDalmasca]

The venom makes so much sense with him. I always figured that the compys did it because I was able to figure that they gathered into enough of a pack, and the sheer numbers were able to overwhelm him. What I never understood as a kid was why he didn't just climb a tree to get away. Honestly, while yes, the venom is terrifying, its a more merciful way to die, compared to the brutality of a raptor or rex. I'd wanna survive, obviously, but if I had to choose a dino to kill me on Sorna, it would be a compy. I'd rather drift off to sleep in bliss than be agonizingly ripped apart by a raptor eating me as im screaming. A rex would be my second choice, because at least it would be fast.

[@srayj]

One thing that doesn’t make sense to me though in regards to film canon is that at one point, I thought they described them as scavengers and if they are scavengers, then there would be no need for venom because their prey would already be deceased, right?

[@LowellLucasJr.]

Trex- one bite its over Compies- Your THEIR Slim Jim and you cant get away!!!!

[@mwhendricks14]

I always felt that the way the compys got Stark was because they just wouldn’t let up. He had to keep moving. He couldn’t stop to rest. He couldn’t stop to drink. He’d been walking though a hot tropical environment for who knows how long, when he come across the stream. So desperate for water he is just shoving his face in the water to drink. But the compys are almost immediately attacking him again. So he has to keep going and going. He keeps moving, trying to scare them away with kicks and rocks. Eventually, he climbs over the log, and doesn’t even have the strength to get back up. And the compys are still there, ready to attack again. Honestly, I find that even more terrifying than venom.

[@Kains_Gaming_Channel]

Another point is ya saw how fast they drew blood in the first few seconds, then think about the amount of other bites he received up uniltil his death. Blood loss would've played a bit part in it. Hell, ya saw how much blood came down the stream of water when all of them jumped him after he went over the log.

[@TheChibiGingi]

It never bothered me that a full grown man was taken out by the Compies, even before learning of their venom in the novel. I figured "there's a heckin' lot of them, he's alone, he's unprepared, and they're not so much different than rats and we all know they can probably swarm and devour a full grown man if they got the hungries." But that's just me. Edit: That being said, yeah, it's definitely a horrible way to go.

[@drizzet11]

as a kid I always thought that with the way he sorta roll/falls over that log that he fell onto a broken branch and got impaled before they started eating him once he was immobilized. even when i read the books and found out about the venom thats still how i think that played out, there is just too much blood too quickly and as someone who was playing in the woods as a kid and got about a half inch of a broken branch in my guts when i fell on a log not only would he bleed like a stuck pig if he got full on impaled but he isnt going to be able to fight off a swarm of compys.

[@mds_main]

I've always found them scary ever since TLW, and the new victim they claimed in Camp Creataceous didn't help either, but they're nothing compared to what they did in the novel. Oh man, they really are some of the most disturbing creatures from this franchise.

[@marilu3173]

The compys always scared me, including compared to the velociraptors, because they seem so unassuming. Something I wish the movies have also clarified how they're basically invasive species as they breed like rabbits on steroids!

[@amishwarl0rd350]

I always wondered why they went with the Indoraptor, when a swarm of Indo-Compys would be absolutely terrifying. That tiny size with the bite force of a T Rex, plus the venom, and the flexible jaw if the Indominous Rex, and the intelligence of those larger theropods, with the swarm/pack hunting… Horrifying and deadly

[@nicholasresar]

I've read the Jurassic Park novel before, but apparently I need to reread that and read Lost World.

[@maluon_the_ocean_liner]

Imagine someone starting a highly illegal animal trafficking ring to fuel the start of an equally illegal drug trade centered around Compsognathus venom

[@SunshineStorm]

The opening of them attacking the little girl was enough for me to take them seriously, especially because I was just a kid when I watched Lost World. So, we should have seen a bunch of compys being sold on the black market in Dominion as tools for people to get high. Just keep one as a pet in a cage...provoking it to bite you every once in a while...

[@ttt2080]

Death by venomous Compy is bad, but I think the worst deaths are in the books. It's hard to decide between Wu's death in Jurassic Park, or Howard Kings in The Lost World.

[@eh2396]

oof both deaths were brutal. Movie would've been R for sure lol

[@shainewhite2781]

Sure, Compys look small and cute but they are vicious little S.O.B's that will tear you apart like Piranha.

[@theCOMPY1997]

this is exactly why compsognathus is by far my favorite dinosaur in Jurassic Park.

[@jonpinkston]

I agree they are dangerous, but you can't underestimate a swarm tactic either. In the books, while dangerous, there isn't even a really good explanation for the toxin. The books are even inconsistent with the toxicity. John Hammond gets sleepy, but Dodgeson and Levine never seem to be bothered by the bites.

[@DavidProv]

Something I've always wondered was if they were venomous in real life or if it was just the genetically engineered ones in the Jurassic Park franchise?

[@jacobniemann4756]

Pretty much impossible to know because I don't believe venom glands fossilize

[@definitlynotbenlente7671]

There is no evedence dinosaurs where venomous

[@jacobniemann4756]

@@definitlynotbenlente7671 Exactly but to be fair we can't be certain. Komodo Dragon are a living species of reptiles and it took us decades to figure out they are venomous. So some dinosaurs certainly could have been.

[@definitlynotbenlente7671]

@@jacobniemann4756 bht dinosaurs are not related to any known venomous group also the compsognathus are very inaccurate they are closer to birds than anything else

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[@thomaskang6562]

Sorry, Klayton, but I have to heavily disagree here. While it was still bad, I found the Hammond book death was by far the least terrifying dinosaur death in the franchise for me. I took Morphine once in my life for a kidney stone and that completely numbed everything with no pain and made me so sleepy, that is way less trerrifying than seeing a massive pair of jaws open and having dozens of eight plus inch long serrated teeth pierce your skin and seeing nothing but teeth and tongue and getting lifted up by those teeth and then being swung around and torn in half, all while still conscious and feeling every bit of it, then having your torso tossed slightly in air and falling down it's throat as its teeth continue to tear more holes in you and then you start sliding down its throat while you are still barely barely alive. Or, you know, having a raptor tear your intestines out and eat your guts while your alive and can't fight back, or being blinded and then having your guts ripped out and eaten while you're still alive. On a scale of one to ten, Hammonds compy death is like a 7, Dieters less pleasant compy death would be a 12, and pretty much every other dino death in the 50-100 range. If I'm going to die I don't want to be ungodly tortured for an agonizingly long time compared to basically being involuntarily put to sleep.

[@justandy333]

The question I want to know the answer to is in JP3, Erik Kirby somehow has a glass flask full of T-rex pee. Grant actually asks him "How'd ya get it?" Erik replies "You don't want to know" And they just leave it at that! Like really? That annoyed me.

[@francotaningco1708]

There is a funny reason why Spielberg wanted Dieter to be killed by Compy's simply because Peter Stormare's character in Fargo brutally killed people by using a woodchipper.

[@shadowbeast9671]

I never saw an issue with the compys taking down Dieter Stark, even without a venom bite. It helps to look at real life carnivores and you'd be surprised how they're able to take down prey much bigger than themselves. I've seen a video of a pride of lions taking down a grown elephant. Bobcats, though rarely hunt them, do have the power to kill deer, and they're a solitary predator. The compys had the numbers, like a swarm of ants killing a scorpion, Stark stood no chance.

[@garypfeiffer3489]

In the 2nd installment of my project of PaleoPrime, I don't give my Compsognathus venom but help from a prehistoric felid (not a sabber toothed one) in doing the same to a Mass Effect Vorcha who served crime master Aria T'loke in the harvest operation

[@erickvonengelwalten8568]

being carried away, in a t rex mama mouth, then be served as dinner for baby T is horrifying way too,

[@michaelrussell3890]

This would also mean that the girl at the start of TLW likely got envenomated as well. Also, with the euphoric effects of the venom and compys now running around; there is every possibility that some of those compys would be captured and the venom sold and used as a recreational drug

[@lactoseandintolerant7601]

Deadliest dinosaur you ever expected. *laughs in hyperendocrine*

[@marcyfgreen]

Although it is non-canon, I think that the scariest way to die would be the troodons from Jurassic park the game since they paralyze their victims and lay eggs in them.

[@AncestorEmpire1]

He didn’t die, he survived long to tell the world about John Wick and a Pencil ✏️

[@alexsanchez5629]

If you think about, the only character in all the Jurassic films dialog wise of how dangerous Compys can be was Eric Kirby when shown great caution when then they shown up in JP3

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