WARNING: This article contains spoilers for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, in theaters now.

The first Jurassic World film followed through with the idea of man using DNA samples safely preserved in amber to clone all manner of dinosaurs, as they had walked the Earth millions of years ago.

This practice was taken even further in the first film of this new trilogy by having Henry Wu and the InGen scientists play God by not only re-creating the dinosaurs that had existed, but by creating an entirely new species to boost the dwindling sales of the Jurassic World theme park. The result was the Indominus Rex, a monstrous creature who was not bred for entertainment but for destruction. When it used its ability to camouflage itself, the incredibly intelligent creature devised a plan to escape, and once it was free, it wreaked havoc upon the park -- something that, as we all know, led to Jurassic World's ultimate downfall.

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As we head into the sequel, we quickly realize Henry Wu didn't learn his lesson at all. Instead, the mad scientist continued his work, using the Indominus Rex as the stepping stone to an even better, even deadlier dinosaur. Fallen Kingdom introduces this new creature as the "villain" of the film, a terrifying dinosaur that is more monster than animal: the Indoraptor.

As its name implies, the Indoraptor is a hybrid of the Indominus Rex and the Velociraptor species. But while the Indominus was a gigantic beast the size of a T-Rex, something that made it relatively easy to see coming, the Indoraptor is significantly smaller, and far more dangerous. While we don't have a detailed breakdown of all the dinosaur DNA the Indominus had in its genome, we do know that there was some Tyrannosaurus Rex in there which gave it its teeth, some Abelisaurs, which gave it its bony horns, as well as features from the Carnotaurus, Majungasaurus, Giganotosauraus, which gave it its massive size, and the Rugops.

On top of that, it had the DNA of various animals like the tree frog, snakes and cuttlefish which gave it special abilities to make it an even fiercer hunter. Finally, it was revealed, late in the game, that there has also part of the Velociraptor in the Indominus Rex, which gave it its heightened intelligence.

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For his second creation, Henry Wu decided to go much smaller. It's supremely difficult to hide a killing machine the size of a small building. By making his new dinosaur smaller, the beast could be even more efficient, not to mention able to get into places the Indominus simply couldn't reach. For that he reason, Wu used the DNA of the Indominus Rex, which itself contained all manner of dinosaurs, and spliced it with a Velociraptor.

The result is a much smaller dinosaur that is bigger than the average raptor, but also much smaller than, say, the T-Rex. The Indoraptor has all the hunting features of the Indominus, which are only heightened thanks to an even bigger presence of the vVlociraptors in its genome.

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While the Indominus was hunting for sport, the Indoraptor is different because it was bred to be used as a valuable weapon. Henry Wu was able to make the monster entirely programmable, able to lock onto a target that is pinpointed by laser. Although the goal was to make more of its ilk, this first Indoraptor was never intended for sale. It was only meant to be a prototype, the first in a line of new weapons that Eli Mills and Wu could then sell for a hefty sum. However, the Indoraptor's murderous traits and the ability to weaponize it, to choose its targets, were too good to pass up for a crowd of wealthy buyers.

When it's finally set loose, it's clear that the Indoraptor is intelligent. It hides in the dark, it can open doors and it's even shown to cruelly tease its victims. It's even smart enough to recognize the glass breaking underneath its steps, which leads to it walking closely along a support beam instead.

The Indoraptor was created to be the perfect killing machine, and in many ways, it is. It is smart, efficient and completely deadly. Like the Indominus Rex, it kills everything in its path, and like the raptors, it's incredibly clever. In short, the Indoraptor has no equal. But, at the end of the day, it will never compare to the real thing.

Directed by J.A. Bayona from a script by Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom stars Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard and B.D. Wong, joined by Toby Jones, Rafe Spall, Justice Smith, Daniella Pineda, Ted Levine, Geraldine Chaplin, James Cromwell, and Jeff Goldblum.

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