Celebrated Author Mistakes Jurassic Park For Real Life On Twitter

Joyce Carol Oates is an American novelist that has been awarded a number of decent accolades in her 77 years on Planet Earth.

They include

2007: Humanist of the Year, American Humanist Association
1970: National Book Award for Fiction
2012: Norman Mailer Prize, Lifetime Achievement

and

2011: World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction

Now these awards would suggest that the statement she made on twitter today, must, surely must be a joke. In the tweet, which still exists and has not since been referred to or explained, JCO led the calls for a change in conservation laws to stop the barbaric hunting of these creatures.

The problem was in the type of creature and the identity of its hunter, a somewhat known director by the name of Steven Speilberg.

The tweet still exists (at time of publishing) and has sparked some brilliant responses

We've got enough dinosaur conservation laws; it's time we enforce what's already on the books. @JoyceCarolOates https://t.co/yjI9uyXEif

— S D Winkler (@sdwinkler) June 9, 2015

So barbaric that this should still be allowed... No conservation laws in effect wherever this is? https://t.co/hgavm9IBaM

— Joyce Carol Oates (@JoyceCarolOates) June 9, 2015