Chris Pratt Teaches Raptor Training at Children’s Hospital
Chris Pratt shows the kids who’s boss (Facebook)
Chris Pratt has just one-upped his own meme. Last week, zookeepers and animal trainers around the world demonstrated the art of “Prattkeeping,” using the Jurassic World star’s raptor-training moves on animals ranging from rhinos to chickens. This weekend, Pratt himself paid a visit to a children’s hospital, where he tried Prattkeeping on a trio of adorable kids (above). Your move, internet!
The actor dropped by Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to spend some time with the young patients, sign posters, and pass out Jurassic World Lego sets. “Our patients were all smiles, and we are so thankful to Chris for lifting their spirits by visiting and handing out Jurassic World goodies,” writes the hospital on its Facebook page. Pratt is in Baton Rouge to shoot Antoine Fuqua’s remake of The Magnificent Seven, co-starring Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke.
Chris Pratt tames the raptors in ‘Jurassic World’ (Universal)
Our Lady of the Lake isn’t the first children’s hospital to receive a visit from Chris Pratt. Last August, when Guardians of the Galaxy was in theaters, Pratt went to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles in costume as Star-Lord. Then in March, Pratt joined fellow Marvel star Captain America Chris Evans for a visit to Seattle Children’s Hospital. For Pratt, it’s a cause close to his heart: His son Jack, with actress Anna Faris, was born nine weeks premature and spent his first days in the neonatal intensive care unit. Jack is now a healthy almost-three-year-old.
Watch Chris Pratt draw a dinosaur:
