Kong Mirrors Real Evolutionary Paths

Posted by Zonk on Sunday January 1, 2006 @09:44PM from the big-tiny-animals dept.

CNN has an article pointing out that, though King Kong may be a little extreme, evolutionary gigantism is not out of the question on remote islands. From the article: "There are many examples of what biologists term 'gigantism' on islands. These include the Komodo dragons, the world's largest lizards which can be 10 feet long or more and weigh up to 500 pounds. Found on a few small Indonesian islands, the Komodo -- a recorded man-eater -- is in many ways as chilling as anything from Jackson's fertile imagination."

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Jackson's imagination?? by Anonymous Coward · 2006-01-01 21:50 · Score: 5, Insightful

Uhhh, I hate to nitpick, but which creatures did Jackson imagine in this remake?

Not to say that the man isn't creative or imaginative, but he certainly didn't invent King Kong...or the brachiosaurus or the T-Rex or the Velociraptor or or or....