Could you imagine a world full of dinosaurs? Especially those who have watched Jurassic Park movies have had a glimpse of how living dinosaurs can look like. These movies also tickled our curiosity about the most powerful extinct creatures. This can become a reality with one man's dream and passion. Jack Horner who is not only one of the world’s most famous paleontologist but also helped Mr. Steven Spielberg’s as a scientific adviser for all Jurassic park movies. Jack and his team is working on a “Dinochicken” project for recreating a small dinosaur. Jack is a Professor of Paleontology at Montana State University and curator of Paleontology at the Museum of the Rockies. He was also awarded the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship.

Can you tell us more about your discovery of “Maiasaura”? Do you think social behavior was evolutionary for certain species of dinosaurs?J: Considering the nests and nesting grounds of all the dinosaurs we have found around the world now, it looks as if all dinosaur species were very social creatures, and that they passed their social behaviors on to their descendants, the birds!

You have named several species of dinosaurs? How do you usually come up with a name of Dinosaur?J: The scientific names of dinosaurs and all other living things have to be in Latin, and often times describe something about the species. Maiasaura means "good mother lizard" and a dinosaur I helped name called Cerasinops means "red face" which refers to the fact that the skull bones were red in color.

Can you tell us more about “Dinochicken” project? Would you like to share any updates about this project? When will the world be able to meet the real dinosaur if everything goes as plan?J: The Dinochicken Project is moving along at the pace of most scientific projects as there is much to do. The project is being conducted by a research scientist named Dana Radshid, and she is currently trying to understand the development of the avian tail. She has made some really cool discoveries, but we can't reveal them until the information had been published in a scientific journal.

“Jurassic Park” movies have always entertained and peaked the public’s curiosity about dinosaurs. How was your experience working as scientific adviser on all four movies? What were the major scientific /technical changes you have observed from first movie to the latest one?J: Jurassic Park is fiction so it doesn't really have to be scientifically accurate, but we do try to get some good science into the films, and I think that has been accomplished, but we do know that the velociraptors should be feathered and they are not because we need to maintain the consistency of how they look in the first film. But, BD Wong explains that the Jurassic World dinosaurs look different because they were designed to be scary.

Could you Share your experience working with Steven Spielberg? Was it difficult to balance scientific facts and creative story line for Jurassic park project?J: Nope, it was fun working with Steven. He put good science in where it was appropriate, and fiction where excitement was needed. I fixed a few things to be more accurate, but mostly he didn't need my too much.

Dr. Alan Grant, played by actor Sam Neill was partially inspired by you. If you get a chance to reinvent this character, what would you like to change and why?J: Sam's character was just fine the way he was! I'm very happy he didn't get eaten by any of the dinosaurs, and especially by the T. rex.

You wrote lot of popular books. Which book is closer to your heart and why? Who should read this book?J: My book "Digging Dinosaurs" is my favorite because it is the one that describes the discovery of Maiasaura and explains how we figured out dinosaur social behaviors. I think anyone who loves dinosaurs and adventure should read this book.

How was your learning experience at school? What would you like to change in our current educational system that will help kids with dyslexia?J: My learning experience in school was awful because schools expect students to memorize, and people like myself who can't memorize, fail school even though we are very good thinkers. I think schools have to stop insisting that students memorize stuff, and accept that thinking and figuring things out is more useful in life.

What are your other hobbies?J: I like writing stories, sharing cool ideas, and playing with Legos, and small rockets.

Any special message for our community?J: I guess the only thing I would say is that people who like to read shouldn't try to force reading on people who can't or don't want to read. Let creative people be creative in their own ways!!