--- title: Jurassic World: Chris Pratt's Raptor-Training as Twitter Memes description: Zookeepers around the world are busy #PrattKeeping. canonical: https://time.com/3927344/twitter-jurassic-world-meme/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-06-18T20:46:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:48:23.173Z og:title: See Zookeepers Imitate Chris Pratt's Raptor-Training Move in 'Jurassic World' og:description: They're #PrattKeeping og:url: https://time.com/3927344/twitter-jurassic-world-meme/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See Zookeepers Imitate Chris Pratt's Raptor-Training Move in 'Jurassic World' twitter:description: They're #PrattKeeping twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # See Zookeepers Imitate Chris Pratt's Raptor-Training Move in _Jurassic World_ > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. ## Video: Know Right Now: Jurassic World Make Global Box Office History [Watch (HLS stream): Know Right Now: Jurassic World Make Global Box Office History](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Nzjb5Dyj.m3u8) (1:01)  _Published 2015-06-14. “Jurassic World” earned $512 million worldwide opening weekend, making it the largest global opening in history._ by [Jessica Derschowitz / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Jessica Derschowitz / Entertainment Weekly Jun 18, 2015 8:46 PM UTC by [Jessica Derschowitz / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Jessica Derschowitz / Entertainment Weekly Jun 18, 2015 8:46 PM UTC Dinosaurs aren’t on display in real-life zoos (not yet, at least), but that hasn’t stopped actual zookeepers from channeling Chris Pratt’s raptor-training moves from _Jurassic World_. Pratt’s Owen Grady is able to train a group of vicious velociraptors to obey commands, and zoos are recreating the scene with walruses, penguins, and other slightly less lethal animals subbing in for the prehistoric creatures. The meme apparently started when [Tumblr blog Feminerds](http://feminerds.tumblr.com/post/121709534819/my-bestie-is-a-zoo-keeper-and-she-told-me-that) posted a still of Pratt from the film alongside a zookeeper doing the same pose. Other zoos then shared photos of their own, using hashtags like [#JurassicZoo](https://twitter.com/hashtag/JurassicZoo?src=hash) and [#PrattKeeping](https://twitter.com/hashtag/prattkeeping?src=hash). > [](https://twitter.com/aucklandzoo/status/611368813133627392) > [](https://twitter.com/woodlandparkzoo/status/611322060686561280) > [](https://twitter.com/VirginiaZoo/status/611590685280632832) > [](https://twitter.com/NewquayZoo/status/611534448627175424) > [](https://twitter.com/GLAquariumMN/status/611594419892916225) Pratt himself soon took notice, [posting a tweet](https://twitter.com/prattprattpratt/status/611387106267672576) calling the recreations “absolutely awesome.” _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/18/chris-pratt-jurassic-world-pose-sparks-zoo-meme) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com) ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] Corporate out genetic modification without the wow factor. They're dinosaurs. Wow enough. She was designed to be bigger than the T- Rex. What happened to the sibling? She ate it. [ NOISE ] [ MUSIC ] [ UNKNOWN ] to me [ NOISE ] Who puts a roof on a [ UNKNOWN ] what are you the pope? [ NOISE ] I'm gonna get you out. [ NOISE ] Run. [ MUSIC ] If we do this, we do this my way. My way. [ MUSIC ] We got eyes on target. Light it up! 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