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“Here’s another piece of cloth. And another. Seems like the pack was ripped into shreds, Doc.”
Poor Diego
There were a half-dozen bright-green lizard-like animals, standing in a group near the trailer. They were about the size of chickens, and they chirped animatedly.
Compys?
“I imagine it’s because there haven’t been any human beings on this island. These animals don’t have any reason to fear man.” “Well, let’s give them a reason,” Eddie said.
“You notice that smell?” “Yes,” Malcolm said. “They have a distinctive odor.”
Compys or something else?
You don’t come to a place with poisonous chickens if you’re not sure your vehicles will hold up.”
lmao
Eddie said, “So what are we saying, this is a place that got bypassed by evolution? One of those places where time stands still?” “Not at all,” Malcolm said. “There’s a perfectly rational explanation for what you are seeing.
And as usual, it's John Hammond's fault.
On the GPS map, a blue grid was overlaid, with a flashing triangular point marked LEVN.
Uh I wouldn't put money on him being alive or outside the belly of a T-rex
They drove on, coming onto paved road.
"L" is for "Look." Look! We found the road again!
But if so, it was as big as the power plant for a small town.
Yes, I imagine that was the intention.
Then there was a thumping sound, coming from the upper storage compartment, located near the ceiling. The thumping was repeated, and then there was silence.
Yep figured
the
Delete
He slept lightly, and at one moment woke up, convinced that the trailer actually was rocking, and that there really was a low rumbling sound, coming from right outside the window.
Well that's not good
But in his dream the second animal paused, and bent over, and the big head peered in curiously through the window, and Arby realized that he was seeing the giant head of a Tyrannosaurus rex,
a pair of muddy hiking shorts,
He'd better not be nekkid when they find him
“So he decided to make a tourist attraction. He planned to recover the cost of the dinosaurs by putting them in a kind of zoo or theme park, where he would charge admission.” “Are you joking?” Thorne said.
We all wish he was
YOUR NEW PASSWORD IS VIG/&*849/. PLEASE MAKE A NOTE OF IT.
So helpful.
It turned its back on them, lifting its big tail high. The tyrannosaur backed up toward them. They heard the tail scraping across the roof of the car. The rear haunches came closer …
Time for a bathroom break
The tyrannosaur stood again, the car sprang back up, and Thorne saw thick white paste smeared across the hood.
LOL diss
“Following the tyrannosaur.” Malcolm sighed. “I should never have gotten involved with him.” “We all agree on that,” Thorne said.
So many regrets.
He wiped his hands on his trousers.
I don't know if that's a terrible idea or if it'll end up saving him
And then Levine said aloud, “Oh, shit!” Then a loud crashing sound, the crack of branches, and a howl of pain. And then Levine crashed down on the ground in front of Thorne, landing hard on his back.
Clumsy lummox
Through Thorne’s earpiece, the radio crackled. Malcolm said, “It would never occur to him to thank you for saving his life.”
The SHADE
They hugged Levine, who smiled despite himself.
Oh look he IS a real boy
“The government has an outbreak of some new encephalitis on its hands. They’ve decided it’s related to the occasional dinosaur carcass that washes up there. Of course, the whole idea is idiotic, but that won’t stop them from destroying every animal on this island the minute they find out about it.
All night long, jumping and snarling, jumping and snarling … I didn’t get any sleep at all.” “Aw, that’s a shame,” Eddie said.
EDDIE.
Levine paused. He looked at the angry faces all around him. Malcolm turned to Thorne. “A great scientist,” he said, “and a great human being.”
Levine really is going to get himself murdered someday
Dodgson never thought about public reaction. And Baselton thought about nothing else.
Well aren't they a cute couple
Dodgson said, “I want to go now.”
It'll be your own silly fault if you drown.
The structure at the top was a little house, its roof supported by aluminum bars spaced four feet apart.
“To the extent possible, we want a full record of their activities.” “Why?” Arby said. “Because,” Malcolm said, “this island presents a unique opportunity to study the greatest mystery in the history of our planet: extinction.”
“Oh, there’s no question about it,” Levine said. He sighed. “It’s so agreeable to be proven right.”
any more,”
One word
Beside the boat, a red Jeep Wrangler was being strapped for loading, along with several large steel drums and wooden crates of supplies. She admired the car in passing; it had been specially modified, enlarged to the size of the Land Rover Defender, the most desirable of all field vehicles.
Welp there's Dodgson
Sarah recognized his type: a classic beta male animal, subservient to the core.
YOWCH
She said, “Are you all friends of Richard?” “We’re on our way over to see him right now,” Dodgson said, “to help him out.” He
lol
King looked back at the little town of Puerto Cortés, a jumble of little houses clustered around the water’s edge.
And then, without warning, the bottom fell out. In preliminary tests on human subjects, HGV-5 failed to dissolve clots in either myocardial infarctions or pulmonary embolisms.
Sucks.
But he had lost his former confidence, and when the company reviewed his work, they concluded that his research was insufficiently documented to warrant seeking FDA approvals for testing. His horny-toad project was summarily canceled.
My sympathies friend you've no manner of luck at all
Dodgson had an unsavory reputation among the researchers; he was known as “The Undertaker,” because of the way he took over the work of others, and prettied it up as his own.
that’s
That was
Two weeks later, King became Dodgson’s personal assistant in the Department of Future Biogenic Trends, which was how Biosyn referred to its efforts at industrial espionage.
Now King had all the accoutrements of success: a Porsche, a mortgage, a divorce, a kid he saw on weekends.
Crichton is really a savage sometimes
second in command,
Hyphenate
“Must be hard on your husband.” “Oh, I’m not married,” she said, with a little shrug. “I’m surprised,” he said. “After all, a beautiful woman like you …”
Gross Lew
There was an awkward silence. Dodgson cleared his throat. “I’m confused,” he said. “Who exactly did you tell you were coming here?”
Are you trying to get rid of this woman?
Dodgson bent over quickly—apparently to steady her—but it seemed as if something went wrong—his body struck against her legs, then lifted—and
CALLED IT
Standing beside him, Levine began to eat a power bar. Preoccupied with holding the binoculars, he dropped the wrapper on the floor of the hide. Bits of paper fluttered to the ground below.
So much for keeping the place pristine
When you think about it, the fossil record is like a series of photographs: frozen moments from what is really a moving, ongoing reality.
But what nobody imagines is that the animals themselves might have changed—not in their bones, but their behavior. Yet when you look at animals like these, and see how intricately their behavior is interrelated, you realize that a change in group behavior could easily lead to extinction.”
Moments later, the entire pack began to slink off, following the edge of the trees, heading up into the hills.
Pfft we're not hungry anyway
