In the 1993 blockbuster film Jurassic Park, scientists brought dinosaurs back into existence by extracting their DNA from blood sucked by mosquitoes that had been frozen in amber.
“A hundred million years ago, there were mosquitoes, just like today,” said a narrating John Hammond, the park’s owner, who actor Richard Attenborough played. “And, just like today, they fed on the blood of animals - even dinosaurs.”
