Who needs raptors when you have walruses? Zookeepers are recreating Chris Pratt’s raptor squad taming scene and the internet loves it

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Following Jurassic World’s monster of an opening weekend, zookeepers have started a meme by recreating a scene starring Chris Pratt and his raptor squad.



Tumblr noticed it first:

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And soon, other zookeepers were following up:





Woodland Park Zoo (@woodlandparkzoo) Be it penguins or velociraptors, zookeeping is hard work. #JurassicWorld #Prattkeeping #RaptorSquad #CleverGirls pic.twitter.com/dB0XJdgIlv

Fittingly, the animals have taken their roles extra seriously - especially this veloci-otter on the right:

Georgia Aquarium (@GeorgiaAquarium) Who needs #RaptorSquad when you have Veloci-otters? #OtterSquad #JurassicZoo pic.twitter.com/M0zr7BvI9I

Stand-ins for the velociraptors have included penguins, giraffes, selfie-happy quokkas – and even chickens.

Taronga Zoo (@tarongazoo) There’s nothing harder than getting 3 Quokkas to cooperate! #JurassicZoo #ZoorassicWorld http://t.co/9sZfuMIBRu pic.twitter.com/RgqKlWTVT0

In one zoo, the tables were turned:

And one keeper was brave enough to recreate the scene with three tigers:

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It wasn’t long before Pratt himself picked up on the meme after it was covered by Nerdist - fingers crossed he pops to his local zoo for his own re-enactment.

chris pratt (@prattprattpratt) This is absolutely awesome! 😀😀😀#ZoorassicWorld http://t.co/IZAMgGpt6G

Check out the hashtags #JurassicZoo or #JurassicZooKeeper for more.